Dec. 9th, 2015

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"Well, sweetie, you know we're not Jewish, right? I was planning to make potato pancakes and call it a miracle."

"But we celebrate Christmas and we're not Christian."

"That is different for vague reasons I don't care to specify."

"Well, what if I want to be Jewish?"

"Then I'll sign you up for Hebrew school. The local reform synagogue has free classes for everybody."

Then we went home, and I made potato pancakes, and Eva didn't like them. Sheesh.

Also, I have FOUND the trick to never having potato pancakes or meatballs or fish patties ever fall apart. Two teaspoons chia seeds to a bowl of stuff-to-be-fried, let sit for 10 minutes, and it works wonders. You can do this as your binder, but I've just been adding it to my existing recipes.

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