latke

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The hamentashen is a triangular jelly-filled pastry traditionally eaten on the holiday of Purim; the latke is an oil fried potato pancake dipped in applesauce that is served during Hanukkah.

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  • But, of course, the book's main attractions are not the recipes but the performances by members of elite American academies who attack the latke-versus-hamantash question with intellectual panache and an unerring sense of humor, if not chutzpah. —  The Chicago Blog
  • This great latke-hamantash debate, occurring every November for the past six decades, brings Nobel laureates, university presidents, and notable scholars together to debate whether the potato pancake or the triangular Purim pastry is in fact the worthier food. —  The Chicago Blog
  • Don't miss a chance to see some of the greatest minds of the century engage in fierce debate over one of the most enduring questions in human history: latke or hamantash? —  The Chicago Blog
  • His roasted halibut recipe is served with a cauliflower pancake reminiscent of a latke made from cauliflower rather than potatoes.
  • If it looks like Pesach, and talks like Pesach, it must be Thanksgiving Cut that latke oil with bubbly, kid-friendly and spicy variations on the grape —  J. Weekly
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  1. Yiddish, from Ukrainian oladka, from Old Russian, diminutive of olad'ya, from Greek eladia, pl. of eladion, little oily thing, diminutive of elaion, olive oil, from elaiā, olive.
 

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