If you're Jewish, do you make your potato latkes from scratch (real potatoes) or do you use a mix like Manischewitz?

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From scratch I would'nt have it any other way... I make my mother make them traditionally, from real potatoes. I also would've preferred she would've used real oil instead of this healthy thing she's using, but that's not a deal breaker...Happy hollidays! Sources: Mom .

Always make them from scratch I always make them from scratch. With the current crop of kitchen equipment available, it has become easy. 20 years ago, when you used a box grater, everyone had bruised knuckles.

Now, with food processors and other such equipment, grating the potatoes is simple.

Scratch! I made mine from scratch, although I did use a food processor to grate the potatoes instead of doing it by hand as recommended. Even with that it took forever.

I can't believe I ever grated 5 lbs of potatoes by hand. We ate them with applesauce or sour cream. They were great.

=========================== Potato Latkes Tools Large bowl Large Mixing bowl Heavy skillet Box or hand grater Ingredients 12 large potatoes 4 eggs 1/2 - 3/4 cup finely chopped onion 1/2 - 3/4 cup matzo meal 2 teaspoons salt Too much oil (your choice of kind) Directions 1. Peel the potatoes and immerse them in a large bowl of cold water. 2.

Place eggs and chopped onion in a mixing bowl and beat them together while adding matzo meal. 3. Pat dry the potatoes and grate them using the large holes on a box or hand grater.Do not, under any circumstances, use a blender or food processor.

The grating must be coarse. 4. Drain the potatoes well.

Press them as best you can to get the water out of those suckers. Lay them on a tea towel and squeeze to gather additional moisture.5. Stir grated potatoes into the onion-egg-matzo meal mixture until evenly blended.

6 Form the mixture into pancakes (about 5 inches diameter) that are not quite flat. They should be about 1/2 inch thick at the center and a little thinner on the outside so that when the pancakes are cooked through, the edges are raggedly crisp.7. Heat oil in heavy skillet at moderate heat until very hot.

Reduce heat slightly. Set pancakes in oil and sauté, turning once or twice, until golden brown. Serve hot with sour cream and applesauce.

Serves 4 hungry people, or 6 moderately hungry people, or eight dabblers. Preparation time is surprisingly long but worth it.12 large potatoes 4 eggs 1/2 - 3/4 cup finely chopped onion 1/2 - 3/4 cup matzo meal 2 teaspoons salt Too much oil (your choice of kind) applesauce sour cream Sources: experience .

I'm not Jewish but... I always make mine from scratch. Everything is better from scratch and potato latkes are pretty straight forward to make. Sources: personal experience .

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