{"id":264,"date":"2012-12-05T14:54:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T19:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redchairblogs.wpengine.com\/holymoly\/?p=264"},"modified":"2012-12-06T09:43:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T14:43:30","slug":"eight-crazy-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/2012\/12\/05\/eight-crazy-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Crazy Nights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/redchairblogs.wpengine.com\/holymoly\/files\/2012\/12\/festival-of-lights-horizontal1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-271\" src=\"https:\/\/redchairblogs.wpengine.com\/holymoly\/files\/2012\/12\/festival-of-lights-horizontal1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/files\/2012\/12\/festival-of-lights-horizontal1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/files\/2012\/12\/festival-of-lights-horizontal1.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Put on your yarmulke, it\u2019s time for Hanukkah!<\/em> The festival of lights begins at sundown on December 8<sup>th<\/sup>, and Jewish households around the world will commemorate the miracle of the one day of oil that lasted for eight. This is done by lighting candles and eating foods fried in oil. Perhaps the best known Hanukkah food is the Latke (pronounced Lat-Kah or Lat-Key depending on where you are from), a delicious fried potato patty that is eaten with sour cream and applesauce.\u00a0 While it most likely is not destined for a place on the menu at Chef Thomas Keller\u2019s French Laundry \u2013 the Latke is an integral part of Jewish culture and is to Hanukkah what Christmas cookies are to Christmas. If you are so inclined to try something new \u2013 you might enjoy latkes made using this recipe from my Bubbe (grandmother in Yiddish).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Bubbe\u2019s Latkes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a01 pound potatoes (Russets or Yukon Gold work best)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup finely chopped onion (I use a box grater or Cuisinart \u2013 Bubbe didn\u2019t have a Cuisinart)<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg, lightly beaten<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1-2 Tablespoons of flour or Matzo meal<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 to 3\/4 cup frying oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Grate potatoes with peels on and place in a bowl of cold water to help prevent browning. Dice or grate the onion. Drain potatoes and place on a dish towel or cheese cloth and the onion too. Roll the cloth and squeeze as much water out of the mixture as possible. Wet potatoes make the latkes less crispy. Once the mixture is as \u201cdry\u201d as you can get it, place it is a bowl and add the beaten egg and salt. If the mixture seems too loose (should hold patty shape easily) add flour until you get the right consistency.\u00a0 Batter is ready at this point.<\/p>\n<p>In order to get crispy golden brown latkes you MUST start with a hot pan and hot oil! Drop batter by rounded tablespoon into frying pan being careful not to overcrowd the pan. Let each side cook until golden brown then drain on rack or paper towels. Serve warm with applesauce and sour cream.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Variations \u2013 You can make latkes with any sort of root vegetable that sounds good. Sweet potatoes, turnips, and carrots work well!<\/p>\n<p>by Andrea Roth, Hillel Coordinator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put on your yarmulke, it\u2019s time for Hanukkah! The festival of lights begins at sundown on December 8th, and Jewish households around the world will commemorate the miracle of the one day of oil that lasted for eight. This is &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/2012\/12\/05\/eight-crazy-nights\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eight Crazy Nights<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-andrea"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1QIf6-4g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}