# Hannkah meal plans? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116 "2012-12-05T20:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/1 "2012-12-05T20:09:15Z")
The holiday starts on Sat. My menu: chicken matzo ball soup with orzo sauteed broccoli brisket with potatoes potato latkes with smoked salmon store bought donuts / gelt / purchased chocolate / coconut macaroons ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/2 "2012-12-05T20:11:42Z")
Latkes. Lots and lots of latkes. Then more latkes. Now that you mention it, it’s good smoking weather, time to pick up some salmon. And lots of potatoes. Did I mention latkes? I plan to make a lot of those. Also, don’t forget the latkes. ETA: I’ll be making latkes. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/3 "2012-12-05T20:41:16Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Latkes. Lots and lots of latkes. Then more latkes. Now that you mention it, it’s good smoking weather, time to pick up some salmon. And lots of potatoes. > > Did I mention latkes? I plan to make a lot of those. > > Also, don’t forget the latkes. > > ETA: I’ll be making latkes. I can definitely get behind that plan. We like both the crunchy thin kind and the more “meaty” kind with a thicker core of potato. Latkes are a great use for any leftover mashed potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/4 "2012-12-05T20:47:10Z")
They have to be thick enough to be crunchy on the outside, and soft in the middle for me. And you can make potato pancakes by grating potatoes with a food processor. But for latkes, they have to be hand grated. I wouldn’t want to face my grandmother in the non-existent Jewish Hell if I didn’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/5 "2012-12-05T22:55:57Z")
Potato latkes, sweet potato latkes, and leek latkes. (You know, the Jew Police won’t arrest you if you have a holiday meal without chicken matza ball soup. It’s not mandatory.) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/6 "2012-12-05T23:58:35Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Latkes. Lots and lots of latkes. Then more latkes. Now that you mention it, it’s good smoking weather, time to pick up some salmon. And lots of potatoes. > > Did I mention latkes? I plan to make a lot of those. > > Also, don’t forget the latkes. > > ETA: I’ll be making latkes. If there’s a potato shortage in January, we’ll know why. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/7 "2012-12-06T07:15:00Z")
Now for the big question: applesauce or sour cream? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/8 "2012-12-06T12:58:36Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Now for the big question: applesauce or sour cream? Doesn’t the presence of brisket on this menu make the sour cream a non-starter? At least for Kosher households. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/9 "2012-12-06T13:12:07Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Doesn’t the presence of brisket on this menu make the sour cream a non-starter? At least for Kosher households. The brisket doesn’t have to be there, either. We usually eat milchik for our Hanukkah meals. ---
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/10 "2012-12-06T14:00:09Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Latkes. Lots and lots of latkes. Then more latkes. Now that you mention it, it’s good smoking weather, time to pick up some salmon. And lots of potatoes. > > Did I mention latkes? I plan to make a lot of those. > > Also, don’t forget the latkes. > > ETA: I’ll be making latkes. I have always made latkes by grating the spuds with a box grater, but this past weekend I saw someone on the Cooking channel make them using pre-baked russets that they ran through a ricer. This looked wonderful, and I suppose would yield the fluffy inside that everyone loves. And I looked for brisket this past week and got sticker shock! Bastids! ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/11 "2012-12-06T14:01:58Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Potato latkes, sweet potato latkes, and leek latkes. > > (You know, the Jew Police won’t arrest you if you have a holiday meal without chicken matza ball soup. It’s not mandatory.) Hey the soup is easily the best thing I can cook. The soup is as mandatory as the latkes. Which have to be potato to honor my kids the Irish Jews. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/12 "2012-12-06T14:02:22Z")
I can’t believe nobody mentioned potato pancakes. Anyway, I’ll be making some latkes. Probably a brisket, too. I could make matzo ball soup but I can’t quite make it as good as my mother’s. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/13 "2012-12-06T19:22:07Z")
Don’t forget the [HE’BREW](http://www.shmaltzbrewing.com/HEBREW/index.html). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannkah-meal-plans/643116/14 "2012-12-06T20:04:35Z")
I’ll be making tempura veggies for sides on some of the intermediate days. It’s fried, and my girlfriend probably won’t let me serve latkes and donuts for a week straight. I’m going to make chocolate-covered latkes. I made some last year, but for some reason no one ate them except me.