| 1 | Pick up the potatoes and admire their heft, their pure starchiness. |
| 2 | Then scrub them with a brush. |
| 3 | Place the onion in a fp. |
| 4 | Pulse the blade a few times until the onion is diced into crunchy bits. |
| 5 | Remove the blade and scrape the onion bits into a small bowl. |
| 6 | Return the fp bowl to the machine. |
| 7 | No need to wash it yet. |
| 8 | Cut the potatoes lengthwise to fit in the fp feed tube. |
| 9 | Find the medium-coarse fp shredding disk, which you"ve never used. |
| 10 | Put it into the machine and turn it on. |
| 11 | Begin feeding the potato slices into the machine. |
| 12 | When the potatoes are shredded put them in a colander over a large bowl. |
| 13 | Dump in the onion bits and mix everything around with your hands, squeezing the potato moisture out as you work. |
| 14 | Let the mixture drip for a few minutes while you put on a recording of kitty carlisle singing beat the that rhythm on a drum. |
| 15 | Pour out the potato liquid from the bowl, but leave the starch that clings to the bowl. |
| 16 | This is good for you. |
| 17 | Dump in the shredded potato and onion mix. |
| 18 | Add the eggs, the matzo meal, the parsley, salt and pepper. |
| 19 | Stir the mixture eagerly. |
| 20 | Then let it sit for 10 minutes. |
| 21 | In a large cast-iron skillet, pour in ? of the oil. |
| 22 | Over high heat, get the oil very hot, but don"t set off the smoke detector. |
| 23 | Using the ?cup measure or a long-handled serving spoon, start spooning the batter into the skillet. |
| 24 | Flatten each with a metal spatula to a diameter of 4 to 5". |
| 25 | Do not try to make them uniformly round. |
| 26 | Reduce the heat to medium and cook the latkes until golden brown on one side. |
| 27 | Then turn over and fry them some more. |
| 28 | When crispy on the outside and most inside, about 5 minutes per side, remove and place on several thicknesses of paper towels. |
| 29 | Keep doing this until you run out of batter. |
| 30 | Remove from the room anyone who prefers latkes with sour cream. |
| 31 | Serve the latkes immediately. |
| 32 | With applesauce. |
| 33 | from the meal-master database of judi m. |
