Happy Hannukkah!
Happy Hannukkah!
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#1Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/10/09 at 7:54pmWishing all of my Jewish friends all the blessings of Hannukkah. May you have lots of latkes and plenty of gelt!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/10/09 at 8:33pmTomorrow night, I have to start giving a gift a night to Mrs R
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#4re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/10/09 at 9:39pmDoes retail get crazy during Hannukah? I am preparing for Hannukah and Christmas shopping to collide in my face at work which starts tomorrow.
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#5re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/10/09 at 9:50pm
Alternate spellings:
Hanukkah; Hanukka; Hanukah; Hanuka; Hannukah; Hannuka; Hannukka
Chanukah; Channukah; Chanukkah; Chanuka; Channuka; Chanukka; Channukka; Channukkah
Chanuqa; Ckanukka; Xanuka
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Updated On: 12/10/09 at 09:50 PM
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#6re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/11/09 at 1:08pm
So here is the the big feud-
Sour cream or apple sauce w those nice crispy hot outta the pan latkes?.
I am most def on the sour cream side.
And a Hug Samayach to all the Maccabee descendants!
(they tried to kill us, we won, let's eat!)
Updated On: 12/11/09 at 01:08 PM
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#7re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/11/09 at 1:13pm
I like them plain with a little salt!
Happy Hanukkah to my fellow Yids. XOXO
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#8re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/11/09 at 5:01pm
Lots of latkes for me to eat
Lots of gelt makes it nice and sweet
Warm face
Warm hands
Warm feet
Oh wouldn't it be Hannukkah!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#9re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/11/09 at 5:31pmDon't forget the sufganiyot!
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bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#10re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/11/09 at 7:15pmHappy Chanukah! I, like many Jewish college students, will be spending most of mine writing essays...
kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#12re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/11/09 at 8:28pm
Doing my best Darryl Hammond as Donald Trump impersonation
"Happy Cha-nu-ka-ha!"
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WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#14re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/11/09 at 9:43pmHappy Hanukkah!
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JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#16re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/12/09 at 1:21amI tried and failed at making latkes today. I like them with applesauce, though!
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blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#17re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/12/09 at 10:00amJane, my mom taught me to mix applesauce in with the potatoes, onions, salt and pepper, matzoh meal and egg before frying. Delish!
#18re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/12/09 at 10:39amOh maybe that was part of my problem. I didn't put in any matzoh meal. the whole thing didn't stick together and I couldn't make any patties, it was one big mishmosh of stringy potatoes. Would have made a great side for an omelet!
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blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#19re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/12/09 at 10:44amI"ve done that and had the exact same problem. The matzoh meal really makes a difference.
#20re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/12/09 at 12:23pmThanks! If I try it again, I'll definitely add it!
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wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#21re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/12/09 at 3:06pmHappy Hannukah everyone.
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sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#22re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/12/09 at 3:16pmI seem to remember that if u mixed the grated potatos with the more stringy like hash prown type of potato that helped give it some hold too. Oil has to be reeeely hot too.
#23re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/12/09 at 3:46pm
Sour cream if you're of German/Austrian ancestry, applesauce if you're of Polish/Russian ancestry. Sephardim, you're on your own! 
Aside from the cooking method (cast iron pan, really hot oil - that way nothing sticks) the key to making really good latkes is in how you grate the potatoes. There are so many different graters around today, but most of them over- or under-grate. Certainly an food processor is going to either over- or under-do the job. A box grater is better, but you're still not going to get the right texture. This kind of grater, the kind your bubbe and her mother used, is the best:
In addition to the potatoes, grate in some onion (the amount is totally up to you - we have fierce arguments every year over the quantity of onion), beat in a couple of eggs (again, depends on how many potatoes, but about one egg to 2 pounds of potatoes should do it), flour (or matzo meal if you prefer), salt and pepper. Stir it all up then dollop spoonsfull into the hot oil. Then be PATIENT. When you think they're ready to turn, WAIT another minute (unless the edges are turning black). Turn them too soon and they won't be golden and they won't be crispy.
It's one of the simplest recipes around. Anything else added just mucks them up.
(I am yearning for latkes because I'm too sick to go to our party tonight. 
)
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SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#24re: Happy Hannukkah!
Posted: 12/12/09 at 4:22pm
My neighbor's son is married to a non-Jewish girl. The last 2 years she's made home made latkes and they are absolutely delicious!
In the years prior to her cooking, we just bought the frozen ones and I really likes them but since tasting hers, I could never go back to the frozen ones!
Happy Hanukkah to all!
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