Latkes with Bacon?

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<p>I must be getting very old, but the Today show has a cooking segment for Chanukah;</p>

<p>making latkes with bacon and cheese…??</p>

<p>carry on…</p>

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<p>are you kidding me?! oy!</p>

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<p>That’s really funny!</p>

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<p>…and then the chef says, “you can leave out the bacon if you want, but it really tastes better with it”…hahahaha</p>

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<p>my jewish grandmother, who taught my mother everything we all know about cooking, used to say the best part about marrying a catholic, after the honeymoon phase ended, was the bacon. :)</p>

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<p>hmmmm, poetgrl…one could take that in a number of ways (wink, wink)…</p>

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<p>^^^LOL Rodney!</p>

<p>What’s next- latkes with a shrimp and lobster sauce topping?</p>

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<p>Order your Hanukah ham early!</p>

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<p>When I googled on latkes with bacon, a frightningly large and diverse collection of links popped up. I’m sure they’re really good, but it wouldn’t be too hard to just call them “potato pancakes with bacon”. </p>

<p>Recipe in the paper today for latkes with potato, sweet potato, parsnip and parsley. Spouse said those would be OK “along with regular latkes.” [Recipe:</a> Winter Sunshine latkes – latimes.com](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/theguide/holiday-guide/food/la-fo-hanukkahrec9a-2009dec09,0,3978234.story]Recipe:”>Recipe: Winter Sunshine latkes)</p>

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<p>Rodney–LOL :)</p>

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<p>I lived for ten years in a largely Jewish community and was told that many of them do not eat pork unless it’s Christmas Day and they’re in a Chinese restaurant. True?</p>

<p>EDIT: Not having any religious prohibitions to worry about, I would gladly eat latkes with bacon. It sounds delicious.</p>

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<p>Latkes with BACON and CHEESE. First…these sound awful to me (I like baked potatoes with bacon and cheese…but LATKES…no). </p>

<p>I think the notion that this combo would be a Hanukkah food is beyond ridiculous.</p>

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<p>“I lived for ten years in a largely Jewish community and was told that many of them do not eat pork unless it’s Christmas Day and they’re in a Chinese restaurant. True?”</p>

<p>and Moslem folk only eat BLT’s at Dennys on Easter. ;)</p>

<p>Sorry Mantori…I couldn’t resist</p>

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<p>Indeed, but I think the cook’s cluelessness is what makes it so funny. It’s like suggesting that Muslims go to Denny’s for BLTs on Easter.</p>

<p>Touche, musicamusica! :p</p>

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<p>You can use turkey bacon or even veggie bacon and add the taste without adding pork. I often use turkey bacon as a flavoring agent.</p>

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<p>My best friend, who is Jewish, has a thing for bacon. It must be the prohibition. I swear she gets a thrill just nibbling on it. (Maybe that’s the point of all those food proscriptions—you can get your naughty thrills from salty smoked pig. Too bad Tiger wasn’t Jewish.)</p>

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<p>By the way, the cook on the Today show wasn’t clueless. He was making Norwegian potato pancakes for the holidays. I don’t think he was intending these for Hanukkah. The Norwegians like bacon.</p>

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I lived for ten years in a largely Jewish community and was told that many of them do not eat pork unless it’s Christmas Day and they’re in a Chinese restaurant. True?

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<p>It is not so far fetched, at least eating in Chinese restaurant on Christmas Day.</p>

<p>NYC former mayor, Ed Koch, has some suggestions for Chelsea Clinton on her upcoming matrimony to Marc Mezvinsky.</p>

<p>Koch offered his advice to The Daily Beast, suggesting,</p>

<pre><code>that Chelsea learn a few Chinese dishes or at least have takeout menus at the ready. “I never met a Jewish kid whether half or full who didn’t like Chinese food,” says Koch. “I have the feeling that she’s been in New York so long that she knows and loves Chinese food.”
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<p>It’s a Jewish tradition to have Chinese food and go to the movies on Christmas. Matinee is best; the theaters are *empty<a href=“unless%20you%20live%20in%20a%20highly%20Jewish%20area!”>/I</a>. </p>

<p>And slightly off the topic of Chelsea Clinton - did you know that Ivanka Trump converted to Judaism when she married? I wonder if The Donald needed a yarmulke, or if the hairpiece sufficed?</p>

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<p>Wait! Everyone I know goes to the movies Christmas afternoon. And most of them are NOT Jewish.</p>