146670 Fri Dec 19 12:07:57 -0800 2003 1 12 Boston Area 0 786137 Any suggestions for a Chanukah dinner tonight? Fri Dec 19 12:07:57 -0800 2003 0 Donald M 1 786144 I have never had a latke worthy of the tradition in a restaurant. That being said, the best advice I can give you is to stay home, ask some good friends over, and make your own. If you do, be sure to grate the potatoes by hand, drain the excess liquid, grate in, again by hand, what the unknowledgable might view as being too much onion, use very little (if any) flour, be sure that the latkes are not more than three inches in diameter, and make them thin enough to produce a lace-like border. (Good latkes are not to be confused with fried mashed potatoes). Serve with sour cream, home-made apple sauce, and antacids. Consuming at least a dozen or two of these tasty morsels is surely one of life's blessings. Fri Dec 19 13:14:39 -0800 2003 786137 0 Elzoe