I would like to espouse strong encouragement for people to try out latkes!
Try adding onions and smoked paprika if you’re getting tired of boring ones. They’re especially good with substitute vegan sour creme and/or pickled veg (eg. sauerkraut)
Agreed! Everything that I shared is actually from my Soviet Ukrainian family, who used to just call themselves “Russian” as an easily-understood shorthand for Americans who wouldn’t have known where “Ukraine” was back then.
I actually think just about anything Eastern European is good for this.
Ukrainian and Belarusian food works, too, since back in the Petrov’s times there was the sense of unity between the three that is gone now.
One of the classic recipes that is veg or easy to veg is potato or zucchini latkes (fritters).
I would like to espouse strong encouragement for people to try out latkes!
Try adding onions and smoked paprika if you’re getting tired of boring ones. They’re especially good with substitute vegan sour creme and/or pickled veg (eg. sauerkraut)
Agreed! Everything that I shared is actually from my Soviet Ukrainian family, who used to just call themselves “Russian” as an easily-understood shorthand for Americans who wouldn’t have known where “Ukraine” was back then.
I actually think just about anything Eastern European is good for this.