Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pancake, especially one made of grated potato.
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- noun A
pancake fried inoil , usually made frompotatoes and sometimes alsoonions , traditionally served onHanukkah .
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- noun made of grated potato and egg with a little flour
Etymologies
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Examples
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No matter how you spell it, latke is Yiddish for fried pancakes, typically of the potato variety.
Slashfood Erik R. Trinidad 2009
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There is another variable in latke preparation: oxidation.
A Latke by Any Other Name... aka TBTAM 2007
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The word latke derives from Yiddish, the Jewish language spoken by East European Jews.
Ten Things Tuesday: Chanukah « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2008
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I think that a latke is a latke is a latke - except perhaps in Lithuania, their homeland, where they're called something else since 94% of the Jewish population was killed 60 years ago.
Archive 2004-10-01 Jessica 2004
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I think that a latke is a latke is a latke - except perhaps in Lithuania, their homeland, where they're called something else since 94% of the Jewish population was killed 60 years ago.
Strange stats Jessica 2004
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So it was with some skepticism that I approached Ruthie & Gussie's Traditional Potato Pancake (Latke) Batter: how authentic could it be if the word "latke" is in parentheses?
Food: Batter Up! 2007
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If my ancestors decided to choose foods cooked in oil as symbolic of Hanukkah, my foremothers found a winner in the potato pancake or latke which is Yiddish for the delicacy.
Archive 2006-12-01 FJK 2006
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If my ancestors decided to choose foods cooked in oil as symbolic of Hanukkah, my foremothers found a winner in the potato pancake or latke which is Yiddish for the delicacy.
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Being a nice Jewish girl, I'm tempted by a latke cookoff.
Lea Lane: Sailing On The Cheap Aboard A Repositioning Cruise Lea Lane 2011
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Even though my menorah is dedicated to the latke, the symbolic fried food that I make for chanukah comes from my Hungarian roots: langos.
Vivian Reiss: Happy Hanukkah: the Latke Mobile Menorah Vivian Reiss 2011
treeseed commented on the word latke
Potato pancakes, latkes or latkas (Yiddish: ל�?ַטקעס), are shallow-fried cakes of grated potato and egg, often flavoured with grated onion. They are a popular food at Hanukkah.
February 19, 2008