Ken Knecht > wrote:

> I'm hungry for potato pancakes. Haven't made any for years. But I have an
> irrational dislike of grating potatoes.

Make Pillekuchen. Here is a recipe adapted from _Kulinarische
Streifzüge durch das Rheinland_ by Hannes Schmitz.

Bergischer Pillekuchen

1 kg (2 pounds) potatoes
about 125 g (4.4 ounces) streaky bacon (in a piece, not in thin rashers)
2 onions
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly-ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon freshly-ground nutmeg
3 eggs
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons sour cream

Peel and rinse the potatoes and cut them in thin sticks, (as for
matchstick or shoestring potatoes). Cube the streaky bacon and fry it
in a large pan until it gives off some fat. Mince the onions, add them
to the bacon and fry until soft. Add the potatoes and continue to fry,
turning them over often, until golden brown. Add the seasoning. Mix
the eggs, flour and sour cream, with a bit of salt and pepper, pour the
mixture over the potatoes and let it thicken. Serve with green salad.

Victor