tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post7471755604245958037..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Results of the Potato Pancake mini-marathonNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-49410041417377488152011-04-11T10:16:08.457-04:002011-04-11T10:16:08.457-04:00Kristi, I haven't made them from just mashed, ...Kristi, I haven't made them from just mashed, but the boxty had both grated and mashed, and I do have a couple recipes to try of mashed potato cakes. <br /><br />Thanks, Beth, it was fun. I'll be waiting for your 'tried and true!' <br /><br />In my opinion, you can never go wrong with garlic, Margot!<br /><br />Yes, Book Girl, but now I'm ready for some more potatoes. :<) The chives have just come up and I love potatoes and chives.<br /><br />Chinoiseries, it didn't take a bit of patience because we love potatoes. :<)<br /><br />Heather, if you lived closer I'd run over with some of mine. I've got about 50 pounds sitting around the kitchen. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-71714946351564461662011-04-10T21:20:38.047-04:002011-04-10T21:20:38.047-04:00This is great. Now I want to make these pancakes....This is great. Now I want to make these pancakes. Must buy potatoes first. Will look forward to your results.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501259287565067209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-25125228167605578282011-04-10T09:29:57.039-04:002011-04-10T09:29:57.039-04:00I applaud you for testing out so many recipes to f...I applaud you for testing out so many recipes to find out which one works best for you. I don't think I'd have the patience to do so ;) <br />Your potato pancake photos are making me hungry o__OChinoiserieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16676489630557961558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-51970668065209861932011-04-09T17:06:25.593-04:002011-04-09T17:06:25.593-04:00After all those potatoes, I bet spaghetti was a ni...After all those potatoes, I bet spaghetti was a nice change :)TheBookGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299629066975342607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-54607434564458832682011-04-09T15:47:07.281-04:002011-04-09T15:47:07.281-04:00Great fun to follow your potato pancake experiment...Great fun to follow your potato pancake experiment. I will agree with you on the onion. I will probably add a little garlic as well, but that's just our tastes. I'm going to try recipe #3 first.Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422981969760935118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-45709046634847880522011-04-09T12:47:51.332-04:002011-04-09T12:47:51.332-04:00I need to look up my tried-and-true latke recipe -...I need to look up my tried-and-true latke recipe -- but I guarantee that it has grated onions in it and some flour. What I can't remember is the egg(s).<br /><br />Nothing I love more -- warm with sour cream. Heaven.<br /><br />I love your experimenting. Sounds like a lot of fun.Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-28986112178575732852011-04-09T11:32:54.551-04:002011-04-09T11:32:54.551-04:00This was a lot of fun, Nan! One is my favorite, ma...This was a lot of fun, Nan! One is my favorite, made with butter, in honor of my grandmother.......But perhaps I will try four sometime, too. My mother and my mother in law had recipes for potato cakes from leftover mashed potatoes. I've never made these to my satisfaction, alas. My Austro-Hungarian mil called these "Puffer".Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-40356296483364525092011-04-09T09:23:30.834-04:002011-04-09T09:23:30.834-04:00Kay, it wasn't hard for either of us, believe ...Kay, it wasn't hard for either of us, believe me! We are huge potato fans. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-2766387035495915472011-04-09T05:25:51.052-04:002011-04-09T05:25:51.052-04:00You are such a trooper, Nan! Thanks for doing thi...You are such a trooper, Nan! Thanks for doing this potato pancake marathon for us. What fun! Your husband is a good sport too!Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-61476630408813042662011-04-08T17:15:17.873-04:002011-04-08T17:15:17.873-04:00JoAnn, hope you like them!
Librarian, it's s...JoAnn, hope you like them! <br /><br />Librarian, it's sure worth a try! I'd love to hear her recipes.<br /><br />Karen, the only reason I used russets is that I'd just gotten a 50 pound box of them. I also wanted to make each batch with the same kind of potatoes to make an honest test. They worked fine, but I'd use any other if they were on hand. The Joy of Cooking suggests wringing them out in a towel, as did Kristi in a comment. Thanks so much for your detailed note. I loved reading it.<br /><br />Kay, I didn't remember that your mom wasn't a great cook. The boxty recipe is a bit like what you remember, only there are mashed and grated potatoes in it. In my recipe box, I have a couple 'potato cakes' recipes - one from Gladys Taber and the other from Mrs. Appleyard's Winter Kitchen. Both use mashed potatoes. I'll do a little two day experiment with them on the blog and you can see if either one sounds like your mother's, or better still you could try them both and see which you like! One has an egg and the other doesn't. In that same recipe box, I still have a multi-page article on potatoes from a March 2000 Good Housekeeping which YOU sent me. :<) Thanks for the long comment.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-65065326092428016882011-04-08T15:24:25.218-04:002011-04-08T15:24:25.218-04:00I watched your Potato Pancake marathon with intere...I watched your Potato Pancake marathon with interest, Nan. I have never made potato pancakes and truly, the fact that you grate the potatoes makes it seem like hash browns to me. However, my experience with them was in my childhood and the ones my mother would make. I think I've told you before that my Mom was really not a good cook at all. She couldn't help it, she just wasn't. There were a few things that she made that I liked and what she called potato pancakes was one of them. She used leftover mashed potatoes and put in flour and egg and I'm not sure what else. They were much more like regular pancakes than the ones I think you've shown. My Dad liked them a lot. So, that's my story. <br /><br />Love the picture of the goat and sheep. Is it nearly time for the shearing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-45452099948076052942011-04-08T15:20:09.307-04:002011-04-08T15:20:09.307-04:00After reading about potato pancakes for several da...After reading about potato pancakes for several days, I had to give them a try. I used recipe #3. I didn't have any russets on hand, so I used what I had: 3 all-purpose white potatoes and a red one. Substituting types of potatoes was slightly risky, I know, but I've learned that I have to make do with what's in the pantry or nothing ever gets cooked. The pancakes turned out quite yummy. If I made them again, I would only change a couple of things. The onion I used was rather small, and I think more would have been better. The potatoes were also quite wet, something I noticed from the get-go but didn't bother to remedy. I think draining or wringing them out would have helped, but the pancakes still turned out well, so not a big deal. Thanks for the recipe!Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-31989297982149544312011-04-08T14:20:37.318-04:002011-04-08T14:20:37.318-04:00It really is a good idea to try out the (more or l...It really is a good idea to try out the (more or less) same dish with different recipes and then decide on which one to keep.<br />Maybe I can talk my mum into trying ALL her cake recipes so that I get to taste different cakes every week ;-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-48176969496204576802011-04-08T14:13:23.070-04:002011-04-08T14:13:23.070-04:00Your experiment has been a lot of fun to follow, b...Your experiment has been a lot of fun to follow, but now I'm craving potato pancakes! I've decided to try recipe #3 tomorrow. Thanks for sharing your results.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-51526280031707086752011-04-08T13:55:47.857-04:002011-04-08T13:55:47.857-04:00Gosh, Yvette, I've never eaten or even seen th...Gosh, Yvette, I've never eaten or even seen them on a restaurant menu! You cannot go wrong with either of the two. Easy. Really. And delish!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-8614044304024185462011-04-08T13:42:17.597-04:002011-04-08T13:42:17.597-04:00Thanks for all this potato pancake 'madness...Thanks for all this potato pancake 'madness' Nan. :) I love potato pancakes but I've only ever eaten them in restaurants. I'm gearing myself up to following one of your recipes and throwing caution to the winds. I'm not a great cook anymore (I used to be, once upon a time), but I figure what's the worse that could happen? HA!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.com