KitchenWitch
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Tue Mar-17-09 09:38 PM
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We had shepherd's pie and potato pancakes for dinner |
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The shepherd's pie was good.
I need to polish my technique on the potato pancakes though...(they tasted good, they just did not stay together).
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Tue Mar-17-09 09:39 PM
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1. We made latkes (potato pancakes) for lunch today. How did you |
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make yours? Maybe I can help--ours always stay together perfectly.
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Tue Mar-17-09 09:49 PM
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2. Mine was from a recipe I downloaded |
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Shredded potatoes Egg Minced onion Diced scallions Salt and pepper
I would have thought the egg would have bound it all together, but it did not
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Tue Mar-17-09 09:57 PM
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6. The onions ruined it....I'm pretty sure |
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Tue Mar-17-09 10:04 PM
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When we make ours, we always use two well-beaten eggs, about three cups of grated (not shredded) potatoes, 1/2 cup of grated/minced sweet onion, about a third-cup of matzo meal, kosher salt, and pepper. Also, you should soak your grated potatoes for about 10 minutes in cold water, then rinse them in a fine sieve before doing anything else. Don't ask me why, I have no idea--that's just how my grandma always did it.
I'd bet that your problem was the lack of matzo meal, though. It's a terrific binder, especially when mixed with the eggs.
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Tue Mar-17-09 10:12 PM
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10. Ah, I will have to get me some matzo meal. |
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Wed Mar-18-09 02:45 AM
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13. You soak them to get rid of ecess starch... |
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Tue Mar-17-09 10:11 PM
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9. Just buy them frozen at Trader Joe's |
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Tue Mar-17-09 10:13 PM
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11. But I am trying to cook from scratch |
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I need a challenge in my life right now. :D
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Tue Mar-17-09 09:49 PM
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3. Poor sheperd! Was it German? |
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Tue Mar-17-09 09:53 PM
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4. how do you make your shepherds pie? |
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I fry burger then a layer of cheese, then cream style corn, then mashed potatos then more cheese
my family eats it up
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Tue Mar-17-09 09:56 PM
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5. I brown ground beef, onion and celery together |
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Put the browned beef mixture into a baking dish, then I put a layer of chopped carrots and frozen peas, then the layer of mashed potatoes and bake it until the carrots are cooked through and the potatoes are golden brown.
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Tue Mar-17-09 10:07 PM
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8. Did you really dry the potatoes? |
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I find that if I don't drain and dry them, the latkes fail...
Oh, and I am now making this for dinner tomorrow...Want!
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Tue Mar-17-09 10:23 PM
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I will dry them better next time.
Never really realized how much moisture is in a potato.
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