How to make potato latkes: br - buy some russet or Yukon Gold or starchy potatoes br - peel and shred thembr - roll them up in your American Apparel T Shirt and squeeze the hell out of them. Really really squeeze out as much water as possible. br - chop a shallot or onion finely and mix it in br - walk across your glass board and retrieve your egg from your lego bag, then walk across your peanut shell topped board and then allow your eggs to say goodbye before cracking one in. br - put in some salt and pepper pepper pepper br - heat some oil in a pan, around 14 inch (canola, peanut, or something with a high smoke point)br - Spoon some latke shreds in there. Make it less thick than I did. One heaping tablespoon is enough.