Comments on: Potatonik

By: Annette Gross

Annette Gross — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:21:12 +0000

I remember the 1965 blackout very clearly! I also grew up in the Bronx. I had just turned 15 and I was sitting at the kitchen table – my mother was giving me a manicure. She, my twin sister and I were waiting for my father to come home from work. No cell phones back then! The blackout extended all the way up the East Coast to Maine, I believe. Some people thought that aliens caused it! This was written about in a book called “Incident at Exeter.” Anyway, I’m going to try this recipe! Thanks!

By: Anita

Anita — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:27:14 +0000

This is an email from Sara, Fanny’s daughter, who lived in our building in the Bronx. I have known her since I am 5 1/2 and since she was 6 1/2. I had to post what she said about the potatonik.

Hi Anita,

Just read Irene’s potatonik blog and loved it. Brought back lots of memories. A few minor corrections …..I think the building had 6 floors because we lived on the 5th floor first and we were not on the top floor . Also, no food processor _____a rib eisen, hand grated and no canola oil
~~~peanut or vegetable oil~~~ otherwise perfect!!! Talk to you soon.
Love, Sara

By: Irene Saiger

Irene Saiger — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:35:43 +0000

My mom had a box grater with very fine holes on one side and that’s what she used. She always hurt herself grating to close to her knuckles.

Let me know how it comes out!!

Thanks,
irene

By: Jennifer in MamaLand

Jennifer in MamaLand — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:43:28 +0000

This is very similar to my kugel, but I’m going to try it because my Bubby always made “potatonyick.”
I wonder what they did in the old country before they had food processors…?

By: Irene Saiger

Irene Saiger — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:52:11 +0000

Thanks Rachel!! That’s so nice!!!

By: rachel risch

rachel risch — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:21:22 +0000

i ate it and it is delicious, u r the best irene

By: Anita

Anita — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:19:35 +0000

Hi, Irene.

I really don’t remember eating and, if we did, mommy must have lit candles and we probably ate with Fanny and Sara and Liba. Morris was away working. Fanny and mommy both made teighetz the same way. The only difference was the depth of the grated potatoes. I think the Pruzan family liked it thinner and therefore crispier. I may be wrong. It was such a long time ago. Sara and I were on the phone the other day and we both realized how much we miss our mothers. Mommy would have been so proud of you and so happy that the food she prepared for us is now being prepared by you and me. I make her blintzes almost once a month. I have never made a teighetz but maybe I should. I made her white beans and onion appetizer last month and it was delicious. Whenever you make one of mommy’s dishes it honors her and her memory.

Love you,
Anita

By: Irene Saiger

Irene Saiger — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:21:50 +0000

Thanks Shani! Very sweet of you! Perfect for a candy girl!!

Shabbat Shalom!
Irene

By: Candy Therapy

Candy Therapy — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:08:14 +0000

Irene! You have the best stories… book deal?

By: Irene Saiger

Irene Saiger — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:59:21 +0000

You are welcome!