potatoes, eggs, and sour cream

[digitS']

Okay you great, TEG cooks!

No more turkey leftovers for awhile ! The last of it went into the freezer.

I've got ALL these eggs. There are lots of nice spuds in the basement. And, I bought a big container of sour cream at the supermarket and it turned out there was already one in the fridge!

Moreover, DW went for the mashed potatoes for T-day instead of baked russets. She probably did so just so I'd have to make gravy. (Woulda made it anyway, can't risk having all that turkey breast without gravy .)

I can find recipes for "southern style" potato salad with sour cream (?) instead of mayo. May go for that but it seems kind of an odd choice on the 1st day of December . . .

Steve

 

[HiDelight]

well what I am thinking is you are asking how to make mashed potato salad like they do in places like Oklahoma?

well always always always they used Miracle Whip something I find not to appealing but folks love it so who am I to say what is good!

I have made mashed potato salad with sour cream... just make a sauce with sour cream, a touch of vinegar or lemon juice...salt pepper chives and a dash of sugar then toss the potatoes together with the dressing and that is it

I like chunky potato salad but have made the mashed before it was good

I used my left over potatoes to make potato pancakes

very good

if I am confused and this was not what you needed I am sorry it is hard to post and work

eta I read it again you do not want the Southern potato salad so mix together
flour
salt
baking powder
pepper
minced parsley and chives
eggs and toss gently with your potatoes
then fry in a skillet like pancakes

you can add left over dressing to these as well and serve with gravy or sour cream on top!

 

[HiDelight]

ok I read it again and now I realise you are not talking about using the mashed potatoes! LOL

just make some latkes! I salt the grated potatoes and squeeze all the water out of them then mix with cracker meal or Matzo meal and some grated onion lots of fresh cracked pepper and eggs .....fry carefully there is an art to getting these crispy!

I can write you out the exact recipe if you like

when I make latkes folks line up at the door ..with sour cream and home made applesauce

the best thing ever!

and you are close to being seasonally correct!

 

[vfem]

I use eggs and make my own mayo to mix with sour cream, a tbsp of dijion mustard some shaved carrots. Mix that with the potatoes and you have my husbands favorite over simple potato salad... which I like cold with just about ANYTHING.

I however, am making baked potatoes tonight with sour cream and the last of the chives left in the garden.

 

[digitS']

Well, latkes with a sour cream topping would certainly fill the bill, HiD. Thank you!

We often have (essentially 2 ingredients) eggs and hashbrowns or potato pancakes. Latkas are essentially 4 ingredients with the addition of onions and cracker crumbs. Then, there's a topping. This could be a very nice variation on a theme.

Vfem, here I thought I'd find someone saying, "Oh, I never use mayo. It's always sour cream in my potato salad!" And, me with never any sort of idea that sour cream could be used in a potato salad .

Are you saying that your mayonnaise recipe includes sour cream as an ingredient?

I've discovered that the eyes of my russets are sprouting. The reds are also looking like they are waking from their dormancy. Oddly, only those very early Yukon Golds are still sleeping soundly. I'd better continue with a potato-a-day (or 2) if there's any hope of me making good use of my spud harvest.

Sometimes, gardening is sooo burdensome . . . .

Steve

 

[digitS']

Right here in my own cookbook drawer is a recipe for latkes! . . . "Latkes with Chutzpah"

It's from "The Jewish Gourmet" cookbook that I bought for my mother a hundred years ago. I always thought my mother should know more about Jewish cooking. We literally ate beef 3 times a day. She sure knew how to cook any vegetable to mush. But, she was great as a baker !

The recipe calls for "granulated flour" . . . what's that? Matzo meal is just cracker crumbs, right? And, cracker crumbs are cracker crumbs.

Anyway, it couldn't be simpler.

Steve

 

[HiDelight]

tips for great latkes

1. VIP salt the potatoes and squeeeeeeze all the water out ..I drain them and then put them on a towel roll them up and squeeze again the more you squeeze the crispier they are

use Matzo meal if you can find it ..but if not just use unsalted saltines ground up ..no flour it will not be the same

go easy on the onions ..I adore onions but a good Latke is the potato flavor enhanced and while I love the taste of onion and potato the latke is about the potato.. and older potatoes are great for this dish ..

you can make them ahead and freeze them (my grandma is rolling over in her grave I feel it as I tell you this) when my kids were little we used to make them in huge batches freeze them cooked then they could heat them in a pan as a snack they crisped right up

second tip is your pan use a good heavy skillet with a nice seasoning or a nonstick skillet (I have a heavy Cephelon (sp?) omelet pan that has never seen an omelet but is great for pancakes and latkes ..and use plenty of (neutral) oil and resist the urge to turn until the bottoms are crispy brown and done (do a few practice ones first to get the idea of temp and size) ..turn one time and one time only ..then put them right on a rack to drain ..toweling makes them steam and you loose some of the crisp I use a cake rack and put them right into a warm oven while I cook them ...

oh and do not crowd the pan ..less is more I put six small ones in my big pan

I hope you do make them they are really wonderful!

if you choose to freeze some just cool them well then spread them on a cookie sheet freeze solid then put into a bag so you can grab what you want when you want them

enjoy!


(I have used garlic instead of onion in them and even some diced jalepeno and topped with cheese! YUM)


a latke is a bite of my family and my husband's ..who is actually Lithuanian's winter family tradition

a good potato pancake has no boarders!

 

[Broke Down Ranch]

HaHa, I had never even heard of latke's until now. So I Googled recipes and now I must make them!

When we were kids my mom would save leftover mashed potatoes and make potato pancakes with those - considered poor-man's fare but us kids thought they were delicious!

 

[digitS']

Potato pancakes are a fairly common dinner alternative to mashed potatoes at this poor man's table. They are served without syrup. Of course, they are just "last night's" mashed potatoes, cooked again with a nice crust.

Thank you HiDelight, for taking the time to give us all the important tips for latkes.

I "taught" my wife to make hashbrowns. My mother made this gray glue . . . did I tell you she was a great baker? ! The only hashbrown secret that I had was that the grated potato could be rinsed in cold water and drained in a colander before going into the hot oil.

If my mother had beef 3 times a day, I had breakfast 3 times a day ! Speaking of which, I need to get back to making breakfast sausage from ground beef. And, I don't even know where to find beef bacon anymore. Okay, I suppose I should go easy on the beef . . . esp. with a steady diet of eggs .

The dairy products are an issue too, I'm sure.

And Vfem, if you've gotten lost in all these words about potatoes, eggs, and sour cream (beef, onions, etc.) - I'm still hoping that you have a mayonnaise recipe to share.

Steve

 

[ducks4you]

:/ Are latke's aka "Potato Pancakes?"