Dietribes: Latke Love
" ¢ The word potato pancake derives from theYiddish …. " latke " ! Although other title propose it derives from the Old Russian oladka , and as such is a diminutive of olad’ya , from Greek eladia , the plural of eladion , which means " a little oily thing , " coming from elaia , which means " olive . " Got it ? " ¢Â Though we most prominently associate latke with potatoes ( most multitude call them " potato pancakes " ) , it was n’t always so ....