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===========================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Tom Mc Rae</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:thomas.mcrae@bigpond.com">thomas.mcrae@bigpond.com</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L "Delectables" 2009.12.10 (01) [EN]<br><br></span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<div>On 11/12/2009, at 11:04 AM, <span style="font-size: 15px;">R. F. Hahn <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:</div><div class="im"><blockquote type="cite">
<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Tonight being the beginning of Hanukkah, I'm invited to<span>Â </span><i>latkes</i><span>Â </span>parties tonight and tomorrow night. It's a usually delicious and greasy affair that involves singing and "carrying-on."<br>
<br>This
reminds me to ask if the equivalent, namely any kind of potato
pancakes, are traditional in any Lowlands culture, especially in the
festive season of the Northern Hemisphere winter.<br></span></blockquote><br></div></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Irish of course have Boxty pancakes</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
e.g.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">BOXTY PANCAKES</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Peel wash and grate some potatoes, drain and measure.</div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">For each cup of grated potato add 1 tspn salt, 1/2 cup flour, and enough milk to make a fairly stiff batter.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Leave to stand for an hour then fry like pancakes, preferably in bacon fat.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The
American Hash Brown and Polish Placki Kartoflane are made in a similar
manner. The former probably coming from Irish sources.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Â Contrast with Latke.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
According to the compendious BIG Oven application for iPHONE & TOUCH a typical Latke recipe is</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Potatoes  6 Large</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Medium Onion grated</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">2 Eggs</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">1 1/2 tspns Salt</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
1/4 tspn pepper</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">1/2 cup flour.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Grate potatoes and remove excess liquid</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Mix in rest of ingredients</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Fry spoonsful until golden brown. Drain and serve hot.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
The Swiss serve Roesti made from grated potatoes pressed well down while frying in a skillet.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Scots don't exactly have potato pancakes but they do have tattie scones.</div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">These
are rather thin triangular scones with potatoes mixed in and are
usually fried and served with a greasy breakfast of eggs, bacon,
sausage etc.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">They are normally purchased from bakeries but here's a recipe...</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Cook 1 lb (450 gm0 of floury potatoes in boiling salted water for about 20 minutes until tender. Drain well and mash.</div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Add
2 level tspns salt and 25-50 gms (1-2 oz) butter stir well in then stir
enough flour to give a stiff dough, about100 gm (4 oz).</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Knead
well, roll out, prick well with a fork,and cut into triangles. Those
sold in bakeries are oven baked at home they should be </div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">fried in minimal oil 3-4 minutes a side until golden brown. </div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Serve with fry ups or split, butter, and eat while hot.</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I recall in the 1940's a popular farewell phrase in Edinburgh was "Ta Ta" women corrupted this to "Tatty Scone".</div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Best Regards</div><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">
Tom Mc Rae<br>Brisbane Australia<br>An honest man's the noblest work of God (Robert Burns)</div></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">----------<br>
<br></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">From: R. F. Hahn <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Delectables<br><br>Thanks a lot, Tom.<br><br>I often wonder what would have become of Northern Europe had the potato not been introduced from the Americas.<br><br>Sorry, folks. When I wrote I was ahead of the calendar by a day. Hanukkah will begin <i>tomorrow</i> (Friday) night.<br>
</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Cheers!</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Seattle, USA<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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