With Hanukkah less than a week away, fried potato pancakes are on everyone’s mind. And apparently, people have… extremely strong opinions about what is and is not okay to put on a latke, as anyone with a Twitter account has probably seen. Of course, we’ve always known there’s a sharp divide between apple sauce and sour cream people, but this year, these hot latke takes have gotten out of control. We’ll see if the Latke Wars last eight whole days, but in the meantime, here are some of the best (and worst) takes we’ve seen so far.
1. This rabbi says ketchup is pretty much treyf:
The moment ketchup comes to the Hanukkah table the latke is transformed into a hash brown and loses all spiritual significance. It’s in the Talmud basically.
— Avram Mlotek (@RabbiAvMlotek) December 3, 2020
2. Counterpoint:
🙌🏾 Ketchup on latkes
🙌🏾 a pickle slice on a latke
🙌🏾 sweet chilli sauce from the Chinese restaurant on latkes
🙌🏾 fried plantain and latkesFight me. https://t.co/DnX011Brdb
— Lara 'Challah Black Girl' M 🟣 (@BlewishAnd) December 1, 2020
3. A blessing on your head, tater tot, tater tot:
Tater tots should be called latkelach
— Liron Kopinsky 🎗️ Let My People Go (@ldkop) December 2, 2020
4. A horrifying overview of the discourse:
https://twitter.com/shirasilkoff/status/1333909015865282561
5. Even the old standbys aren’t safe:
Hanukkah begins next week so it's as a good time as any to remind the Ashkenazim among you that apple sauce gets paired with cinnamon not latkes.
Respect your roots. Dip your latkes in sour cream.
— Alex גדעון בן װעלװל (@JewishWonk) December 1, 2020
6. “I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.”
The arc of the latke universe is long, but it bends toward applesauce.
— David/Dovid Bashevkin (@DBashIdeas) December 2, 2020
7. A TAKE:
Vodka is just liquid latkes
— Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone (@Mottel) December 2, 2020
8. There’s so much we still don’t know about the latkeverse:
https://twitter.com/xaihowareyou/status/1334292233336590339
9. Wait but we actually need these:
I will forever defend merging cultures through food. I’m Black, my partner is Afro-Dominican. I am Jewish. We mix it up and THROW DOWN in the kitchen. That typed, if you haven’t had potato-plantain latkes with multiple spicy and savory sides you’re missing out.
— 🦋🌸Gimme the Lute🌸🦋 סלע (@moontwerk) December 1, 2020
10. What does Doug Emhoff think? Get on it, People mag:
Just got v excited picturing a People magazine article featuring a recipe for Doug’s WHITE HOUSE LATKES
— Julie Klausner (@julieklausner) November 8, 2020
11. Some are already over it:
december first, already muting "latke"
— @mordkhetzvi.bsky.social (@mordkhetzvi) December 1, 2020
12. For others, the answer is simple:
https://twitter.com/shirasilkoff/status/1334253088581050371
13. This shit is getting serious:
https://www.tiktok.com/@zillenialrat/video/6901385550255770886?sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6808607594833053189&is_from_webapp=1
14. If you take one thing from all of this: People really hate ketchup on latkes.
https://twitter.com/EladNehorai/status/1334271360906874882
15. In summary:
https://twitter.com/temasmith/status/1333779216299593729
16. We hope you’ve enjoyed the Latke Wars as much as we have:
when people post their annual controversial latke takes on social media pic.twitter.com/Yhv2xvtl6b
— Hey Alma (@hey_alma) December 3, 2020
