Pumps' Perplexities

Since this is the first, full, day of Chanukah the Jewish
Christmas, I do love the food shows which claim
potato pancakes, or latkas, are a traditional holiday
speciality dish.......Ba-Hum-Bug......

Being Polish, I can remember many a day of my mother
shredding raw potato and raw onion into a bowl and
frying the mixture in lard or Crisco.......Top these little
pancakes with some applesauce and it was called
"dinner"........

Come on folks, it was World War II out there......You were
lucky if you could find the applesauce.......And believe me
sour cream was true to it's name back then.....Not the
"wishy-washy" flavored yogurt you find in the supermarket
these days........

Now the WWII treat was Spam with some cloves stuck in
it topped with a pineapple slice AND a side of latkas......

Happy Chanukah.........Pumps