Toward A Better Latke

If you aren’t totally annoyed by those fucking goddamn popover commercials, this Epicurious recipe for latkes really works well. The issue with latkes is the bath of water that happens in the mixing bowl. This takes care of that by squeezing out the potato hash with a towel. Sounds a little labor intensive but it’s not. Just squeeze out the potatoes as you want to do then add back in whatever spices you want. I put it on a half sheet and dumped the potato juice out of that into the sink. You’re left with a relatively dry batter that crisps up nicely.