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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>From: R. F. Hahn <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: Etymology</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;">Hello, you silent lot!</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;">Here's a seasonal treat for you.</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;">Tonight being the beginning of Hanukkah, I'm invited to </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">latkes</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> parties tonight and tomorrow night. It's a usually delicious and greasy affair that involves singing and "carrying-on."</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;">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.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Latkes</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> (Yiddish: לאַטקעס, Hebrew: לביבה </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">levivah</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, plural לביבות </span> <i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">levivoth</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">) are traditionally eaten as a part of celebrating the eight-day Jewish feast of Hanukkah (חֲנֻכָּה). They are usually accompanied by apple sauce and sour cream.</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;">My family in Northern Germany also had potato pancakes (Low Saxon </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Kartüffelpuffer</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Kartüffelpannkoken</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, Northern German </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Kartoffelpuffer</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Kartoffelpfannkuchen</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">) as a favorite winter dish, often served on New Year's Eve. They were made very much like </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">latkes</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, but usually accompanied only by applesauce (to cut the grease). I'm not sure if this is because my family's culture owes much to Central and East European cultures or if other North German families featured the dish as prominently. And what about our neighbors to the west? And Britain? </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;">Here in the United States it tends to be associated mostly with Jewish tradition in general culture.</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;">Happy Hanukkah and Advent!</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;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Seattle, USA</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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