How to Use potato pancake in a Sentence
potato pancake
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The fries are skin-on; the potato pancakes are crisp and lacy at the edges flecked with green onion.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2018
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The last prime rib has been roasted, the last potato pancake fried up, the last eggnog quaffed.
—Katie Workman, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2020
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The flavor is similar to a potato pancake but airy and light.
—Judy Buchenot, Aurora Beacon-News, 3 Oct. 2017
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On the breakfast menu are house made crepes, quiche and German potato pancakes.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2019
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Meals are served with coleslaw, rye bread, dessert and a choice of fries, sweet potato fries, potato pancakes or baked potato.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2020
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This will be my third time doing the potato pancakes at Polish Fest.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2018
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The cheeseburger gets a spicy kick from chipotle mayo and a potato pancake spiked with crushed red pepper.
—Mary Bergin, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
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These starchy potato pancakes are a staple for many Jews during Hanukkah.
—Charles Passy, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2018
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The giant potato pancake called rösti that Switzerland is famous for?
—SELF, 25 Sep. 2018
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The hearty potato pancakes with their golden outer crusts hinting at sultry onion within.
—Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019
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Melt the butter in a nonstick pan and fry potato pancake over medium to medium-high heat for about 3 minutes on each side.
—Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2019
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Dinners include coleslaw, rye bread, dessert and tartar sauce, plus a choice of fries, sweet potato fries, potato pancakes or baked potato,.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2018
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Choose chicken or brisket as the centerpiece that’s served with a potato pancake, vegetables and challah rolls.
—Georgann Yara, azcentral, 13 Dec. 2019
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The restaurant's menu includes a variety of German foods from potato pancakes to schnitzels, bratwurst and more.
—Robert Allen, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2017
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So are the potato pancakes, a bit thick but in a traditional batter and appealingly crisp-edged.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2018
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Families gather to light the menorah – some have a separate one for each child – and eat doughnuts or potato pancakes fried in oil.
—Michele Chabin, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2017
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Foods cooked in oil, like potato pancakes and doughnuts, are eaten, and gifts of money — Hanukkah gelt — are given to children.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 23 Dec. 2019
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Menu features gourmet pierogis, cabbage and noodles and potato pancakes.
—cleveland, 6 Mar. 2020
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With live music and an extensive menu of food and drink, the menu is equally authentic with boxty potato pancakes and hearty shepherd’s pie.
—orlandosentinel.com, 5 Oct. 2019
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Throughout the park, there were tables for children's activities, latkes-also known as a potato pancake-and doughnuts.
—Patricia Dillon, Houston Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2017
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New this year was a vegan bratwurst to go along with the regular bratwurst, sauerkraut, potato pancakes, red cabbage and cucumber salad.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
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Don’t expect smiles or chitchat from the busy and busty dirndl-wearing waitresses, but do expect plates piled with roast pork belly, crispy schnitzels, potato pancakes, and sauerkraut.
—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2018
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The fish fry will use 9 ounces of cod loins instead of filets, and dinners will include a choice of baked potato, fries, potato salad or potato pancakes, coleslaw and tartar sauce.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2017
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Join in with bratwurst, currywurst, and potato pancakes, plus a list of special German drafts and domestic seasonals.
—Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 11 Sep. 2017
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Enjoy buckets of pick-your-own German-style beers and platters with sausages, pretzels, pickled vegetables, potato pancakes and mustards.
—Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2019
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That’s why Hanukkah lasts for eight nights, and that’s why the foods most associated with the holiday are those cooked in oil such as doughnuts and — most notably — potato pancakes or latkes.
—Katie Workman, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2019
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Judaism, to me, was spinning a dreidel one week out of the year and eating potato pancakes and mangling the Hanukkah blessing before getting on with the real holiday.
—Santi Elijah Holley, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2017
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Arby's Arby's is offering $1 off their french dip and Swiss sandwich with this printable coupon and four free potato pancakes with any chicken sandwich with this coupon.
—Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 16 Nov. 2019
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For an appetizer, Edelweiss serves up a Texas-sized portion of potato pancakes ($7), pretzels, bratwurst or homemade potato-sausage soup.
—Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 31 Aug. 2017
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Whether flubbing the flip of a potato pancake, dropping ingredients on the floor, or rescuing a recipe that had gone sideways, Child was unafraid of making mistakes, and fans loved her for it.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Mar. 2022
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