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> I've never made potato pancakes with shredded raw potatoes.
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Try it - but be forewarned, you may never go back to making them with
mashed potatoes (which strikes me as strange, to be honest). Traditional
potato pancakes, or latkes, are always made with fresh grated. There's a
tried and true recipe on my recipe page:

http://www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm#La...ato%20pancakes)

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Peter Aitken
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