>>
>> What are you flavoring the batch without the onions with? Last night I
>> found out the hard way that the onions pretty much give all the flavor
to
>> my latkes. I had to make a small batch for my step-daughter's boyfriend
>> who cannot eat onions. Our latkes with onions were probably the best
I've
>> ever made (Thanks for the recipe Janet, you were right about the peanut
>> oil), but the small batch I left the onions out of were pretty
tasteless.
>> He also cannot eat scallions or chives so anything along those lines is
a
>> no-no.
>>
>> TIA,
>> Jon
>
> If it is an allergy or other dangerous reaction, then how about salt,
> pepper, and paprika, either alone or with herbs. Won't be classic latke
> flavor but should taste pretty good.
>
> If its not an allergy (I get horrendous indigestion from onions) then I
> have found that for me, I can use well cooked sweet onions (Vidalia's,
> Texas sweets, etc) with minimal affect, though never raw. And when raw
> onions are needed, I use onion powder.
>
Adelle,
Not an allergy, just an intense dislike of anything onion-like. As I
realized I would have to withhold some batter to make without onions at
the
last minute, I didn't have time to plan to substitute something for
flavor.
Now that I think about it, I had a lot of fresh herbs on hand (tarragon,
thime, sage, cilantro) and any one of them would have probably done as
well.
Jon
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