One Saturday morning when I was bone tired and in desperate need of
groceries, my son and his friends were at my house expecting breakfast. I
looked in the fridge and in the cupboards and had precious little on hand.
Having determined that there was nothing I would rather do than go to the
store, I made do. I took some mashed potatoes that were in the fridge and
added some milk and microwaved until just warm. Then, I added some dried
biscuit mix and stirred until I had a fairly dry batter that easily broke
apart. I fried such batter in canola oil. To this day, my son and his
friends ask for fried potato biscuits when they come to my house. I am all
to happy to comply, although, I do substitute mashed potato flakes on
occasion (they're teenagers - they don't care!).

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"N" > wrote in message
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> Add the egg and a little flour. Also a little milk or water if needed to
be
> creamy. Be sure to fry in enough oil so they won't stick. My mom made
> these all the time and called them potato patties. One of my favorites.
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> "TOM KAN PA" > wrote in message
> ...
> > OK, I've tried adding an egg, not adding an egg, rolling them in flour,
> not
> > rolling them in flour, and every time I try to make leftover mashed
potato
> > pancakes, they crumble apart.
> >
> > What's the secret???
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