Product Review: Streits Potato Latke Mix

Every night the same dinners and every night the same starches. Buttered noodles one night, mashed potatoes the next, followed by rice on the third. When you are in the mood for a starchy change, you should look to the kosher section of your grocery store. Streits Potato Latkes are a great product that taste out of this world. Take a walk on the dinner wild side and change up those routine meals.

Streits Potato Latkes contain potatoes, onions, salt and matzo meal. For those who eat kosher, these latkes are kosher for Passover and all year long. A serving is comprised of three pancakes with 90 calories, 1 gram of fat, and 410 milligrams of sodium.

The mix is simple and easy to use. You mix the ingredients in the packet with water until a batter forms. This batter is fried just like a pancake or traditional potato cake. A little olive oil in a frying pan and the latke grill to brown on each side in three to four minutes. The result is amazing.

Potato latkes are nothing like any other potato product you have ever tasted. The matzo meal offers a new flavor sure to beat the bland out of your meal choice. The texture, again, is similar to a fried potato cake, or a pancake with a thicker density.

I have used these same potato latkes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They are easy to fry ahead of time and chill until ready to use. To reheat simply pop in the microwave for a few minutes or warm in the oven and you have a quick and easy new addition to dinner.

The powder packet is also a great addition to meatballs and meatloaf. Use the latke mix in place of your traditional binder and you will never use crackers or bread crumbs again.

Streits Potato Latke mix is boxed in a 6 ounces container and retails for $2.00. Each box will make 21 pancakes. Therefore, each box contains 7 servings of potato latkes, surely an entire meal. If you compare the price to a boxed rice mix or skillet potato brand starch, the Streits Potato Latke mix is a great value.