Talk:Potato pancake

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Is this pancake also called Latkas? Yes it is! Germam Jews which are also referred to as Aushkinauzi Jews refer to it as latkas!

Contents 1 Rearrangement 2 Sweet Potatos 3 German? 4 from VfD 5 Advertising? 6 Mashed potato pancake? 7 Hairy donuts 8 Introduction of potato in jewish cusine

[edit] Rearrangement

Information was spreadout in a semi-random way in this article, so I put each into their own category.--Ernstk (talk) 19:35, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sweet Potatos

I don't know if it's cultural, but in my french-canadian town, Latkas are traditionally made with sweet potatoes. I have never seen them made with regular potatoes until I moved south to an all english area in Ontario, Canada. Perhaps if someone can find more information we can add a clause indicating they can also be made with sweet potatoes and if there is any culture that it's prevalent in. Silver 22:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] German?

Are these the same as the German reibekuchen (sp?) or in Kölsch riefkooche? The recipe looks exactly the same.

Just click on the Deutsch link to get the German article which shows that they are called, in German, Kartoffelpuffer, Reibekuchen, Reibeplätzchen oder Kartoffelpfannkuchen, Rievkooche, Schepperlinge, Kröbbelche, Hatscheln, Baggers, Flinsen, Klitscher, Fratzen, Bambis, Reiberdatschi, Pickat, Dätscher, Dotsch, Pratsch, Krumber Schnietchen oder Pratschen. Rmhermen 14:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

The entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latke should also mention 'knish' which is (often?) identical and ubiquitous in NYC.

Knish is a different food. Rmhermen 14:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] from VfD

This article was nominated for deletion on 26 July 2004. The final decision was to keep the article. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Potato pancakes for a record of the discussion. Rossami 21:58, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Advertising?

The "News" section near the bottom looks like advertising. I'm pretty new here. Can a more senior person say whether the section should remain? Cognita 07:06, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Good call, Cognita. I was thinking earlier it just didn't belong in the article, but you are right that it can very well be construed as advertising. I have removed it. Valley2city 07:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mashed potato pancake?

What about mashed potato pancakes? No mention is made of these. --71.235.102.239 01:54, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Potato Pancakes are Ukrainian! Djamorpheus 22:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

This is what I think most Americans would call a potato pancake - fried mashed potato patties - what's described by this article, fried shredded potatoes, are hash browns. Usually, the mashed potato patties get a outside coating of corn meal before frying - now that's a potato pancake. jmdeur 16:37 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hairy donuts

It is said that the Swedish name (raggmunk) has connections with the swedish for hair (ragg - actually hair standing up - as in the neck hairs of an angry dog/cat). It seems a bit farfetched. I think donuts (munk) was introduced long after potatoe pancakes in Sweden. Anyway references would help to prove me right or wrong. Benkeboy 15:15, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction of potato in jewish cusine

The potato originated in South America, and was only introduced in Europe by the 18th century. This is the first Jewish recipe I've ever seen that uses potato.

I believe this should be mentioned in the article somehow. I've just seen someone calling this a "very traditional Jewish recipe", but of course it can't be that much traditional, as the potato is not a traditional European food... There should be a link somewhere in this article about the potato. -- NIC1138 (talk) 16:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Furthermore, the food is more correctly considered to be a more "Yiddish" food - it is a food very common in the Germanic and Central European regions. Even though potatoes were brought to Europe, they became very popular, and a staple in many areas because of its ease of growth (vis e.g. Ireland).--Ernstk (talk) 06:54, 14 April 2008 (UTC)