JoelF wrote:Shred potatoes and onion in food processor. Optionally, run some of the shreds in the processor again, either through the feed tube to shred again, or with the steel blade.
Grates 176 lbs of potatoes in 1 hour
Ideal for any cuisine that includes potatoes
Easy to clean & wash, and dishwasher safe
Comes with 1 year warranty
Grates potatoes to a fine paste.
Cathy2 wrote:Bill,
Are you able to control how fine or coarse those potatoes are grated to?
Mike G wrote:Sky Full of Bacon #14: The Last Days of Kugelis
The history of Lithuanians in Chicago is the history of the twentieth century— from immigration in the early years of the century to the racial tensions of the 1960s. One of the last examples of Lithuanian Chicago closed in late 2009: Healthy Food, a 71-year-old restaurant serving good hearty Eastern European food in the Bridgeport neighborhood. I was at Healthy Food during its last few days, talking to owner Gina Santoski about her life in the restaurant (which her parents bought in 1960) and to the staff and customers who made it one of Chicago’s classic old neighborhood spots.
And, for the first and only time, I captured on video the complete making of Healthy Food’s signature dish, kugelis— according to Gina, she never let other journalists shoot the full process, because she was concerned that the traditional ways of making it would attract unwanted Health Department attention; but since she was closing anyway, she let me shoot it all. (15:31)
Cathy2 wrote:
Did you happen to go to the 8-minute mark on the video above? Is it the same mush you had?
Marija wrote:You can also buy the grater from lietuvėlė in Chicago (part of Kunigaikščių Užeiga, aka Duke's on Harlem):
http://www.lietuvele.com/osc/product_in ... cts_id=131
Potato Grater
ELECTRIC POTATO GRATER ELECTRIC POTATO GRATER MADE IN LITHUANIA
Perfect for preparing all your favorite recipes that require finely GRATED POTATOES.
This is the "ORIGINAL" ELECTRIC POTATO GRATER manufactured in MAZEIKIAI, LITHUANIA
Over the years many companies have tried to copy it
tried to redesign it
tried to "improve" it
BUT
For more than 35 YEARS
This Electric Potato Grater has been the standard through out the world to produce finely grated potatoes with exactly the right consistency to make your favorite foods like
CEPELINAI
KUGELIS - POTATO CAKE
BULVIU PLOKSTAINIS SU MESA - POTATO CAKE with MEAT
BULVIU KUKULIAI - POTATO DUMPLINGS
BULVINIAI BLYNAI - POTATO PANCAKES
BULVIU DUBENELIAI - POTATO BOWLS
BULVINES BANDELES - POTATO PUFFS
BULVINIAI VEDARAI - POTATO SAUSAGES
Or how about making your own homemade KRIENAI - HORSERADISH
Let us tell you a little about our machine. According to our research THIS IS THE ONLY ELECTRIC POTATO GRATER MACHINE of this type in the WORLD. There are other machines and devices out there. Some are electric. Some are manually powered. While some of these machines are of good quality and work very well none of them produce a grated potato with the correct consistency required for these traditional recipes because they were not specifically designed to grate potatoes for these recipes. What some produce is thin, narrow shavings.
This is why many people that have these other devices have bought our machine.
Our machine produces a grated potato of a thick porridge like mixture which is exactly the consistency what works best for these traditional recipes.
Made in Lithuania
$160.00
stevez wrote:I would consider a potato "pancake" made with boiled potatoes more of a croquette than a latke.
Cathy2 wrote:Hi,
The Modernist Cuisine variant of a latke is very much croquette style: rich mashed potatoes rolled in dried potatoes (think crumbs) and fried.
The deli recipe using grated cooked potato plus added ingredients and fried is less croquette. The potatoes already cooked does save them from any chance of a unpleasant undercooked potato taste.
How do you think Manny's prepares their latkes? Theirs are very thick compared to many I've tried. Do you think they use raw potato or precooked to some extent?
Regards,
stevez wrote:
In my book, your "Modernist Cuisine" variant is a potato pancake, I guess, but it's not a latke. I'm somewhat militant on this, as with hot dogs. I suppose I'm a latke traditionalist.