"Mandy Smith" wrote in message

Recipes
Straight outta da Coal Region kitchen!

Bleenies - Fried potato pancakes
8 medium potatoes
1 medium onion, grated
1 egg
Salt & pepper
4 level tbsp. flour

In Europe and Russia, bleenies (or "blinis") are regular flour
pancakes and are served with caviar. In the Coal Region, a bleenie is a
potato pancake. Few people make them at home since they can create a huge
greasy mess in your kitchen (and your whole house). That's why they are
popular at block parties and church bazaars. Bleenie lines have been known
to circle halfway around the block.

Peel and grate potatoes. Mix potatoes and all other ingredients
together. Flatten like pancakes. Fry. Add salt to taste after cooking. Some
people put vinegar on before eating, others smear on some grape or
strawberry jelly. See photo.

Warning: When cooking, be very careful with the grease. "Oy,
Yezus, you could set yer house on fire!"

Another Bleenie recipe
4 potatoes (grate on fine grater)
2 eggs
1 onion (grated with the potatoes)
2 or 3 tbsp. flour
Cooking oil

Mix all ingredients. Spoon mixture into the hot oil (do put too
much oil in the pan; just enough to cover the bleenies as they fry). When
they are lightly browned on one side, gently turn bleenies to fry the other
side. Serve with salt or vinegar. Good with sour cream or pork & beans.
Hint: Drain potatoes thru a colander to make a much firmer
bleenie.