Guest guest Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Thanks for the invite! Most of the time when I cook I don't follow recipes, but if I have something with measurements - I'll give it, but try to go along with this first one: POTATO PANCAKES: You will need: 4 large potatoes 1 onion 1 green pepper chili powder 3 eggs salt pepper self rising flour vegetable oil for frying old fashioned four-sided grater with handle on top large frying pan pancake turner [the metal kind - plastic ones don't work well] How to make the pancakes: Place the 4 potatoes in your microwave and bake them for about 5 minutes so that the shredding will be easier. While the potatoes are baking chop the onion and green pepper and mix them together and salt and pepper them slightly. Then shred the potatoes and put them into a large bowl. Add the four eggs, onions, green peppers, and salt, pepper, and chili powder [use your own judgement]. When seasoning, I just look down and say to myself, " That looks about right! " . Then mix everything together. Then add about 1 cup of self-rising flour and mix everything well until it looks right. Then get out your skillet and put about 1/4 " of vegetable oil into the sillet. You can also use butter-flavored Crisco which gives the pancakes an even better taste. Then when the oil is hot - drop about 3 scoops into the pan and let it brown for a short time. Then flip each pancake over and then take the pancake turner and flatten them out. Then fry on both sides until they're brown and crispy. Don't be surprised if they have a seafood taste to them. Also; for a great variety to the cakes - you can also add a can of creamed corn to the mixture, and if you are a vegetarian who allows seafood in your diet - you can add tuna or crab meat to them as well. So, be creative with these, and remember my motto about cooking: K.I.S.S. [Keep it simple stupid] There are some cookbooks that I've seen where - honest to God - those recipes are so involved that I could take a Grehound Bus from Cincinnati, Ohio to Dallas and back and still make it home before the food would hit the table! Blessed be! Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 " those recipes are so involved that I could take a Grehound Bus from Cincinnati, Ohio to Dallas and back and still make it home before the food would hit the table! " Oh no Don, make sure that bus is heading to Houston or Austin. LOL. Thanks for the recipe. I've always wanted to make those potato pancakes. This is most likely better than those pre-mixed packages seen in stores. Cheers, Shawn " I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything that I hoped it could be. " Peter Gibbons - Office Space " It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care. " Peter Gibbons - Office Space ----Original Message Follows---- " Don <darkinvader45210 " <darkinvader45210 New Member Here with My First Recipe Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:55:17 -0000 Thanks for the invite! Most of the time when I cook I don't follow recipes, but if I have something with measurements - I'll give it, but try to go along with this first one: POTATO PANCAKES: You will need: 4 large potatoes 1 onion 1 green pepper chili powder 3 eggs salt pepper self rising flour vegetable oil for frying old fashioned four-sided grater with handle on top large frying pan pancake turner [the metal kind - plastic ones don't work well] How to make the pancakes: Place the 4 potatoes in your microwave and bake them for about 5 minutes so that the shredding will be easier. While the potatoes are baking chop the onion and green pepper and mix them together and salt and pepper them slightly. Then shred the potatoes and put them into a large bowl. Add the four eggs, onions, green peppers, and salt, pepper, and chili powder [use your own judgement]. When seasoning, I just look down and say to myself, " That looks about right! " . Then mix everything together. Then add about 1 cup of self-rising flour and mix everything well until it looks right. Then get out your skillet and put about 1/4 " of vegetable oil into the sillet. You can also use butter-flavored Crisco which gives the pancakes an even better taste. Then when the oil is hot - drop about 3 scoops into the pan and let it brown for a short time. Then flip each pancake over and then take the pancake turner and flatten them out. Then fry on both sides until they're brown and crispy. Don't be surprised if they have a seafood taste to them. Also; for a great variety to the cakes - you can also add a can of creamed corn to the mixture, and if you are a vegetarian who allows seafood in your diet - you can add tuna or crab meat to them as well. So, be creative with these, and remember my motto about cooking: K.I.S.S. [Keep it simple stupid] There are some cookbooks that I've seen where - honest to God - those recipes are so involved that I could take a Grehound Bus from Cincinnati, Ohio to Dallas and back and still make it home before the food would hit the table! Blessed be! Don _______________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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