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Potato cakes

Boiled potatoes are mixed with egg, a pinch of sugar and a little lemon and fried as round cakes in a pan. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 811.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 811 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A simple potato dish in the invalid-cookery chapter, made without salt.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Mix

    Mash the boiled potatoes and mix them with egg, sugar and a little lemon.

  2. 2

    Fry

    Fry as round cakes in a pan.

Changes from the original

"Knivsodd" (a knife-tip) is read as a pinch. The text does not say the potatoes are mashed; this is a natural reading in order to shape cakes. No frying fat is given.

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From1949Modernised
To1949Modernised
Modernised → 1949 (proofread, p. 811)~78% of the text changedremovedadded
150 g poteter (kokte). 1 stk egg. 1 klype sukker (en knivsodd). sitron (litt). Mos de gr. kokte potetene og bland dem med poteter, 1 egg, sukker og 1 knivsodd sukker, litt sitron.. Stek sitron. Stekes som runde kaker på panne.

Note on Modernised

«Knivsodd» er tolket som en klype. Teksten sier ikke at potetene moses; det er en naturlig tolkning for å kunne forme kaker. Stekefett er ikke oppgitt.

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Frequently asked questions

How many potatoes?
150 g boiled potatoes.
What are they fried in?
The text only says "in a pan" without mentioning fat.
Why sugar?
The text gives a knife-tip of sugar and a little lemon.

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