Even with just the two of us, I made latka’s from scratch at home. Hand grated the potato and onion. Soaked and drained. (The potato, not the onion.) Mixed. Fried. Blotted. Served with homemade applesauce, sour cream and a Costco chicken (cuz I needed protein in case my new cooking method didn’t work…)
It all worked out dandy and tasty. But I swear… It was all made possible knowing - I didn’t HAVE to do it, I could always go downtown and get the fab latkas (they call them smashed latkas) at The Must. http://www.themust.com
Very freeing. Very. Plus now we have leftovers. Yay!
And as she typed into the night “Happy fried foods to you all, happy fried foods tonight!”
That is really, really funny. My folks and both sisters were baking simultaneously @ their own homes (Tucson, Woodland Hills + Anaheim Hills) texting baking tips and photos for hours (unfortunately I was in on the text chain) for the exact same reason as you----everybody’s friends and family now expect to get mandel bread this time of year. I think the saying goes something like: “be careful what you become good at because you will be doing it all the time”.
