https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw Potatoes, Onion, Flour, Eggs, and Cooking Fat en-us 2022-08-08 17:11:47 UTC 2022-08-14 18:18:20 UTC hello@padlet.com arden17 https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2256826422 Central Asia is a continental arid and semi-arid climate with hot, cloudless, dry summers and moist, relatively warm winters in the south and cold winters with severe frosts in the north.]]> 2022-08-08 17:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2256826422 arden17 https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2256826806 The Andes region is expansive, but potatoes grow best in the temperate climates near the foothills of the Andes]]> 2022-08-08 17:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2256826806 arden17 https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2256828298 This region has a hot, dry climate characterized by long, hot, dry summers and short, cool winters. ]]> 2022-08-08 17:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2256828298 arden17 https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2258472447 After WW1 and WW2 many Jewish people immigrated to the United States (mostly in New York City). They brought along traditions and recipes, including eating Latkes during Chanukah. ]]> 2022-08-10 20:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2258472447 arden17 https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2259041786 There are a couple of reasons that the Latke recipe changed from cheese to potatoes in this region. One is that Eastern European Jewish people would use a cooking fat called Schmaltz (cooked down chicken fat) instead of olive oil like in Italy, and it is against Jewish dietary restrictions to mix dairy with another animal product. The other reason/theory is mass crop failure, poverty, and hunger in Eastern Europe forced residents to start potato farming, as it was easy and cheap to grow.
This version with potato is what we know as the Latke. 

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/the-great-latke-lie/420018/]]> 2022-08-11 13:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2259041786 arden17 https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2259069971 Eastern Europe is expansive, but Ashkenazi jews settled in the humid continental zone. The humid continental zone has two major subtypes: the warm summer type and the cool summer type. In warm summer humid continental climates, summers are warm and wet while winters are variably mild or cold. ]]> 2022-08-11 13:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2259069971 arden17 https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2259072626 Before 1492, many Jewish people lived in Italy. Their version of a Latke was more like a deep-fried, cheese pancake made with ricotta cheese. It is referenced in texts that date back to the 13th century that describe the food eaten during Chanukah.
Chanukah celebrates the resilience of the Maccabees (a Jewish tribe) and tells the story of a candle that burned for eight days with a single can of oil. The cooking oil that was used to cook the pancakes represents this miracle. 

Source: https://www.pbs.org/food/features/history-of-latkes/]]> 2022-08-11 13:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2259072626 arden17 https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2259075508 In Spain, the climate is temperate with hot summers and cold winters inland and cloudy, mild summers and cool winters along the coast.]]> 2022-08-11 13:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2259075508 arden17 https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2259999219 Jewish people would use all parts of the chicken to sustain themselves, including the egg.]]> 2022-08-12 17:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/arden17/89jyrx42mk5xzwvw/wish/2259999219