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I am going to a friend’s for latkes and brisket tomorrow. I may bring some krumkakes to mix things up.

I am also celebrating by reading Judaism for Everyone.

I love brisket and latkes! My dad and I do that every year for Hanukkah. With, of course, a little dreidel to round out the night.

“Dreidel, deidel, dreidel…I made it out of clay,
I sell it as folk art and make the goyim pay.”

Happy Channukah, y’all!

Happy holidays to youse joos!

I just scarfed about 12 of my crazy delicious potato & apple latkes. the kids are gambling for gelt with their dreidels. my wife is flying to Green Bay for work. never thought I’d be the keeper of the flame in this household.

“…the kids are gambling for gelt with their dreidels”

That’s gelt without the guilt. Enjoy the moment, grote! Save travels to your wife, and post your latke receipe when you get a chance, okay?

I love latkes…

Since Bob Asked
G-rote’s Latke Recipe (Originally learned from my mom, enhanced by Seth Bixby Daugherty)
4 REally Fucking Big Russet Potatoes
2 Large Honeycrisp (or similar sweet & starchy) apples
1 Large yellow onion
2 Large Eggs
1 Tablespoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon White Pepper
Canola Oil

-Peel & coarsely grate potatoes, peel & coarsely grate onions onions and peel, core and coarsely grate apples into a large strainer in your sink.
-Press down as hard as humanly possible with your palms to remove as much moisture as possible from the mix, turning & repeating until you & the ingredients have had it with each other.
-Add two eggs and mix in (I prefer to use my bare washed hands)
-Add 1/2 tbsp salt & 1/4 tsp pepper, mix further
-Pour Canola oil into a 12″ pan to a depth of ~1/2″ and heat to Med-MedHigh, waiting ~4 minutes before adding latkes
-Form golf ball-sized balls of raw ingredients and gently place into hot oil
-Using the back of a spatula, gently press down latkes into pancake shape, about 1/4″ thick
-once the outer edges seem to be sufficiently browned, carefully flip the latkes (i usually use a 2 spatulas to create a makeshift tong)
-cook until golden brown on bottom, remove to paper towel covered plate . (If making a shitload, remove to bakers proofing rack set in roasting pan in 200 degree oven, and you may akso have to strain out or even occasionally replace your oil to keep from getting too many crispy critters)
- sprinkle salt to taste & serve warm with applesauce & sour cream

It’s easier than the length of the recipe would make it sound…so simple even Rachel Fucking Ray could do it.

They are great with quaffable lager, like stella or heineken.

gotta go. rugrats are finally sleeping & the treadmill & college hoops are calling.

Dude, I am so making those this weekend. Thanks.

Happy Hanukah 2007!

Happy Chewbacca everyone!

What? Oh! Would Happy Holidays be in order???

Nothing says “Happy Holidays” like a Wookie.

BTW…upon further investigation this morning, I used Braeburn apples last night.

From the Minnesota Latkes Exposed! blog:

WILL THE LIES NEVER END? MLE EXLCLUSIVE UNCOVERS APPLE COVERUP!

AS USUAL, THE LIBERAL MSM WON’T COVER THI!!!

Speaking of apples.

Having finally played Apples to Apples, I can only guess @ what cards are in that game…case in point: key card = “shiksa”, reply cards = “guilt” “shanda” “verbissen” and “oy vey.”

I love Apples to Apples!

Apples to Apples is off the hook.

That game results in some hilarious displays of Un-PC card hilarity.

wow… who knew so many tribers like to come here an kvetsch…

mazel tov bitches!

maybe I’ll have to break out the “hebrew hammer” tonight…. erm… the movie I mean, get your mind out of the gutters

Shit, Ryan. Sparber is such a font of Jewish knowledge that he had his Bar Mitzvah @ age 9.

Shit, Ryan. Sparber is such a font of Jewish knowledge that he had his Bar Mitzvah @ age 9.

I’m amazed at the amount of Hebrew that I picked up attending Bar and Bat Mitzvah’s between sixth and seventh grade. I found myself at Oak Ridge so much that I probably should have just tried to join the club. Well, not quite that much but still…

Oh, middle school.

sadly since college my attendance at the “octanagogue” has dropped drastically.

with my marriage to a “shiksa” there’s a good chance my future grommets may actually become “jewtheran”

good to know that I can count on the good people of mnspeak to push forward.

Speaking of “mixed marriges,” Mrs. L. has added Buddhist Prayer Flags to our home’s Xmas decor. They came from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who has a connection to my (and she-she’s) alma mater, Indiana University.

The Dalai Lama’s older brother, Thubten Norbu, taught mathmatics there back when I was a student. He is now retired and still lives in Indiana.