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Salmon Patties
Here is a dish from my childhood that I still make and enjoy
Ingredients:
6 oz canned salmon
2 plain matzohs
1 egg
Directions:
combine the salmon, matzohs, and egg -
• In a small bowl (Quart sized) put the entire contents of the can of salmon, liquid and all (remove any large bones, pieces of skin.
• Separately, crush the 2 matzohs to a coarse powder. You can use a mortar& pestle, or your fingers, but I like to use a "bullet" blender. then add to bowl.
• It would probably be better to beat the egg first, but I don't bother. add egg to bowl.
Stir with a fork until well mixed. With wet hands, form into patties about 2" in diameter, and about a half inch thick.
fry in peanut oil for about 2 minutes on each side. Move to a paper towel to drain any excess oil.
My Bubbie (Bathsheba Oster, Edward Oster’s mother) used to serve these with sugar or a little jam on top (I remember strawberry.) When I make them for Kitt and me, I use a little table sugar.
Putting something sweet on a fish cake is optional, but something my grandmother did for me so it always reminds me of good times with her. She grew up in Ukraine, before the revolution, so I always figured it was both an old world thing and a thing that she did to please children.