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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: erika on December 21, 2008, 08:15:50 PM
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Happy Chanukah!
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Is it wrong that my mom made pork chops for the first night of Hanukkah?
I'm most looking forward to Night 7. Yo La Tengo!
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Ah you're alright, pork-boy.
Probably healthier than the latkes I made.
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Fried in bacon fat, I hope. (They're so good that way.)
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Hehe nah oil. On Chanukah you're supposed to eat as many foods fried in oil as possible. Here's my recipe. I have carpal tunnel/pre-arthritic hands so I buy pre-shredded potatoes...
1 lb shredded potatoes
2-3 eggs, beaten
salt
pepper
3 spoonfuls of flour
1/2 grated sweet onion
1 inch of veggie oil in a hot pan
Squeeze all the water out of the potatoes. Mix all the goodies. Let them sit for a little while in the fridge. Slip by large spoonfuls into the oil and flip after a few minutes. They'll look like little birds nests. Serve with sour cream and applesauce smeared on top.
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Happy Hanukkah!
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Yup, that's more or less the way I make them, although I like a little garlic and parsley as well. And I mostly use oil, too, really.
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Some day I'll grow a pair and actually use the chicken fat I skim off the top of my chicken stock (rendered from skin from the carcasses) and fry something shmaltzy-style. I hear it's almost as good as bacon fat for things like eggs or potatoes.
(thanks Martin)
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I think schmaltz fries a little better than bacon fat, too. Gets things crispier. I don't know this from experience, but I'm pretty sure that's the story. I'll likely never find out for myself, though, since chicken fat is something I can't help finding disgusting, however unfairly.