Happy Hanukkah which begins tonight. The image of latkes is by Jonathunder on Wikimedia. Latkes are really delicious and there are many recipes for them. I like ones like the ones in this image. Grated potato with a little flour, eggs and some onion and fried in oil. You can find many recipes on the internet. I like them with a little sour cream on top. You can cook them ahead of time and freeze them for future use.
This image is from the recipe page on Food Network.com
Hope you have a good week and a happy start to the Holiday Season.
Notes Tied On The Sagebrush 
That looks delicious!
Keep it nectar.
Maya
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They are good. 🙂
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Nice. 🙂
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Happy Hanukkah!! Joy and love !! Ps: potato latkes are amazing 🙂 Yum!
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Thank You, Lia! ❤
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These are good! I haven’t fixed them in a long time though. 🙂
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Yes and they are easy to make but hard to eat just one or two. 🙂
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Happy Hanukkah! I’m delighted to get this recipe because I always wondered what they were.
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Thanks, Joy! They are potato pancakes but if you look at recipes online you can see that people have gotten really creative with them. 🙂
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I never even thought to look them up on line! (Duh!?) LOL!
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Well, I am curious about a lot of stuff and have not looked it up yet either. I just mentioned online because I did not give the exact measurements for the ingredients, and I would have to look it up too. Don’t have it memorized. 🙂 I am glad my post was helpful and you enjoyed it. ❤
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Why are these made during Hanakkah?
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It has to do with the oil. The story of Hanukkah is when the temple in Jerusalem was rededicated there wasn’t enough oil for the lamps. The story goes there was a miracle and the oil lasted for 8 days. The celebration of Hanukkah lasts 8 days. So on Hanukkah people eat foods fried in oil. Doughnuts are another food. I think potatoes were a food chosen because they were plentiful and inexpensive.
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Oh, thank you! I did hear that story. Did you have it on one of your posts?
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You’re welcome. No I did not do a post on the story. 🙂
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Oh ok. Thanks for the info!
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Happy Hanukkah! Yum! Those latkes look delicious! 🙂
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Thank You, Tanya! 🙂
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Latkes! I love ’em, and I’m not even Jewish! You can eat other things fried in oil, too, like donuts!
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Well, I don’t think there is a rule that says you have to be Jewish to eat latkes. Yes, we have a good excuse to eat fried foods this week! ( even if you’re not Jewish, I won’t tell anybody) 🙂
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I think latkes are more an Eastern European thing, though they just call them potato pancakes. And really they look more like hash browns. Great stuff regardless.
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Yes, I think you are right about the Eastern European take on the potato pancakes. I was reading up on the history a bit and found out they originated as cheese pancakes and then when developed in poorer areas of Russia they were made from potatoes. These do look like hash browns because they are the simplest recipe. If you add baking powder they come out more puffy looking. There are many recipes for latkes but I still like the basic ones.
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