Pancake Spinoff

[RedAngie]

Potato pancakes.

Do you call them by some ethnic name?

I suppose the most common is latke.

I call them placki ziemniacnaze (PLATZ-key Jim-yah-CHAN-neh) or just platzkey. My pronunciation is close but not authentic Polish.

I made some Sunday with a few potatoes that were starting to go.

 

[Meriweather]

I call them potato pancakes.....and never make or eat them.
I would rather just have hash browns

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Funny, we just had these the other night. We eat them with applesauce, and we call them Lockess. That is a rough approximation of how we transplanted South Philly people pronounce it. I'm sure we mean to say Latkes.

 

[ronandannette]

Latkes is what I call them. Growing up, my DMother, who had never been exposed to much ethnic cuisine of any kind used to make them occasionally and she called them Hanukkahs.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Potato pancakes, unless we were with our very good Jewish friends, then latkes.

 

[tazdev3225]

They are Platskis to me. My grandmother was 1st generation Polish and they were a staple of hers. Now I want them for dinner.

 

[BrianL]

I don't call them anything as they have never been something in my life. I am actually not sure that I have ever had them!

 

[kanerf]

Kartoffelpuffer (auf Deutsch) for potato pancake.

 

[Grand Koalafornian]

Latkes here. I’m Jewish, so this is a staple of Chanukah food. They’re great with apple sauce!

 

[Schneewittchen37]

I'm Slovak. We call them Zemiakové Placky. I never cook them. Maybe I should cook them....

 

[ronandannette]

Latkes here. I’m Jewish, so this is a staple of Chanukah food. They’re great with apple sauce!

Do you keep kosher? Is it OK to eat them with sour cream? That's how we love them.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

My mother called them potato cakes, so that's what I call them. I've never heard of serving applesauce with them. We don't eat applesauce, but I'd be willing to try it the next time I make them.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

Slovaks eat them with sour cream as a snack or as a side dish with a soup. No apple sauce.

 

[ronandannette]

Slovaks eat them with sour cream as a snack or as a side dish with a soup. No apple sauce.

Call me a weirdo; I like them with a combination of both.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

Call me a weirdo; I like them with a combination of both.

What is this thing "apple"? Slovaks have prunes. Kidding, not kidding. Have another prune.

 

[tvguy]

Always been potato pancakes. One of my Uncles loved to make them.

 

[Micca]

Potato pancakes here. Haven't had them since I was a kid (long time ago!)

 

[Owlpost23]

Latkes-potato pancakes,either name.We love them over here-especially when they're nice and oniony.

 

[RedAngie]

I always put onion in mine. The other day I added shredded carrot too. If I have it, I might also add shredded zucchini instead of carrot. Plus I usually put garlic powder and marjoram in the batter. Sometimes cumin for a zestier taste.

Both applesauce and sour cream go well with platzkey, but not at the same time. Salsa, ketchup, or whatever you like with hash browns are great too.

 

[CynBeth]

Potato pancakes or latkes.