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Riffing this recipe for vegan latkes (AKA Potato Pancakes) which said it "makes about 3 dozen" with the idea that oatmeal replaces egg.

I got a base of the latkes Eva was making, right before she added the eggs, enough for four latkes. This was potatoes, onions, flour, salt and pepper. I added four carrots (about ten times, to scale, as the recipe called for), one small red-purple potato, a crumpled matzah, 2/3 cup quick-cooking oats (oatmeal) and 1 1/3 cup boiling water, and more salt and pepper.

We used a food processor for shredding the potatoes, onions, and in my case carrots.

We used canola oil, covering the bottom of a cast-iron frying pan, Eva made 2 1/2- to 3-inch diameter pancakes which is what my instructions also said, but I kept trying to make big ones. The small ones held together rather better (Eva made a couple of the carrot-crazed ones so I'd have some idea how to do it).

Eva also did the place on paper towels step; I mostly avoided that and served my latke/carrot salad with all the original oil.

Eva did it on high heat (and it was better), I eventually tried omelet style and did lower heat and for the last one, covered.

Most everyone except Grandpa at least tried some (there weren't enough real ones, and there were tons of my carrot-padded mix) and pronounced them pretty good (grading with low expectations).