Any historian worth his weight in potatoeswould tell you that the potato was a new-world food, introduced to Europe well after the story of Hanukah took place 2200 years ago.  Thus, it was pretty difficult for anyone to make potato latkes back in the old-world.

It is therefore believed that the first fried pancakes at Hanukah time were made of cheese and egg, rather than the delicious potato concoctions we enjoy today.

Wanna try a cheese latke?  You’ll find a few cheesy recipes here, as well as all sorts of other strange latke blends, you probably never knew existed!