They originated from the New World
Latkes are German potato pancakes
Latkes are potato pancakes eaten in the period of eight days of Hanukkah
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Latkes are potato pancakes fried in oil.
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Potato Latkes (potato pancakes), Chocolate gelt (chocolate coins)
This is actually a difficult question to answer because the word 'latkes' just means pancake so there are countless recipes. On the assumption that you're referring to potato latkes: potato onion egg flour salt pepper (the last three are optional)
Latkes are made from potatoes. They are basically potato pancakes.
In German potato pancakes are called Kartoffelpuffer, but they may have a different name in Yiddish.If you are asking how to say potato pancakes in yiddish- they would be called latkes.
They have nothing to do with religious beliefs, but it just became a custom because they are fried in oil. On Hanukkah, Jews customarily make foods like doughnuts and potato pancakes because they are fried in oil, and part of the miracle of Hanukkah is that oil was found in the holy Temple that could only last one night, but it lasted eight nights.
Potato Pancakes (latkes) and jelly donuts (sufganiot)