Potato Latkes

Since we get so many potatoes and onions, and since it's hanukkah, I thougth it would be fun to share this recipe. Egg replacer simply does not work so  you have to use regular eggs.

24 red rose potatoes, shredded
4 shredded onions (Walla Walla sweets taste wonderful)
8 eggs
2 cups fresh ground whole wheat flour (or whatever flour you have)
2 Tablespoons sea salt
2 tsp pepper
Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Grate potatoes and onion.  Beat eggs and add them to the potato mixture along with the salt, pepper and flour.  heat olive oil in skillet (very hot, like pancakes).  Drop better by teaspoons onto fry pan.  Fry until brown on one side, then turn over and brown on the other side. Drain before serving.  Keep warm on a plate or platter in the overn.  This is traditioanlly served with sour cream and applesauce.  A non-dairy sour cream is on another post. 

Many of the special dishes served during this festive season use cookign oil.  Why?  This is to remind us of the miracle of lights, the miracle of the temple oil that burned for eight nights instead of the one night (which was how much oil was in the temple).  Thus, traditionally we eat fried foods druing Hanukkah. 

For those concerned about cholesterol, you may use a combination of olvie oil and sesame oil when frying.  Fro health reasons, I recommend using pure, cold-processed olive oil for frying, which can be found in any health food market.

Ellouise: Each year in my school, we served these pancakes along with the information about hanukkah.  The children loved them!