Re: a digitalis question OT: holiday cooking

In a message dated 11/30/02 7:11:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
genebush@otherside.com writes:


> 
>     I think I am addicted to potato pancakes. My mother used to make those
> wonderful things when I was a kid. Now my wife will make them on occasion
> for me. I truly love those things. The ones I get are made with left over
> mashed potatoes and we almost never have leftovers in any volume here 
> unless
> it is after company has left. My wife is good at calculating a meal for 
> two.
> 

Ain't potato pancakes, Gene - kartoffelpuffer is the word.  You grate raw 
potatoes and some onion, mix with as many eggs as needed to bind the potatoes 
and fry in deep fat, turning once.  Polish serve with sour cream and apple 
sauce.  Germans with other fruit sauces.  I cannot spell the Polish word 
correctly or would offer it as well.

As children, my husband and I were stuffed full of these on Fridays which 
were meatless in our houses.  The fat used was rendered pork fat or lard.  I 
don't know why they did not kill us before age 40.

My domestic experiences over the years did not include cooking.  I am a very 
poor cook and an expert in getting a meal on the table without approaching 
the stove.  I can, however, make some of those traditional holiday things as 
I felt some responsibility to the kids.  On a trip to NYC a long while ago, I 
pinched a sandwich menu from one of the best deli's in the City and that has 
been my favorite cookbook over the years.

You guys are all better in the K. than I.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4  

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