לאַטקעס

In other words, latkes. Heard a piece on the radio about making (and eating) them and it made me want to go right home and do that. I resisted, but I did make bagels after dinner. Fresh bagels for weekend breakfasts are a fine thing.

I researched latkes a bit, since the person interviewed didn’t seem to have any idea what their origins were. They don’t actually date back to biblical times, as alluded to, but are linked to the eastern european peasant culture, where potatoes and onions were staples. A rösti, which I made earlier this week, is very similar, but has cheese in it. It was pretty popular, so perhaps we’ll see some variations on that.