MCDDY
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When I was a kid in the 40s/50s my mom didn't waste anything. We would have fried chicken, mashed potatos and flour gravy on Sundays but always had plenty of potatos left over. During the week she'd have another dish that featured the potatos. Then when not much was left she'd take them, mix in some diced onions and put a little bacon grease in the skillet. Make patties of the potatos/onions and sear the combo in the grease. Awesome, the aroma while they are cooking is something else.
Life sure was simple then.
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Super_Dave
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I've done similiar and even added grated cheddar cheese. I thought that was how one made potato pancakes. Then I ran across a real recipe for potato pancakes and realized I was just frying mashed potatoes. 
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My mom added chopped onions, also, but also added crushed crackers and an egg (beaten), mixed it with the leftover mashed potatoes and fried in a skillet. For the life of me, I cannot duplicate -- mine always disintegrate while frying. Hers were sooooo good!!
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johnna
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My mother also stired in an egg and a little flour. I think it was the bacon grease which made them extra tasty.
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davosfam
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johnna wrote:My mother also stired in an egg and a little flour. I think it was the bacon grease which made them extra tasty.
Doesn't bacon grease make everything extra tasty?
I may have to try this next time I make mashed potatoes!
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davosfam wrote:johnna wrote:My mother also stired in an egg and a little flour. I think it was the bacon grease which made them extra tasty.
Doesn't bacon grease make everything extra tasty?
I may have to try this next time I make mashed potatoes!
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DutchmenSport
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I grew up on left over mashed potato potato cakes. I've passed it on to my kids too. Works best when the mashed potatoes are very thick. We never added anything to them. Just bread them in flour and place in hot grease. And yes, hot bacon grease IS WONDERFUL!
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Liv42day
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ooh yea baby i make these regular at the house........never thought about cheese must try that now..............and DEF. BACON GREASE!!!!!!
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kihutson
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DutchmenSport wrote:I grew up on left over mashed potato potato cakes. I've passed it on to my kids too. Works best when the mashed potatoes are very thick. We never added anything to them. Just bread them in flour and place in hot grease. And yes, hot bacon grease IS WONDERFUL!
We had them in patties and floured . . . and the bacon grease came out of a tin that the bacon grease was kept in that had a sieve in the top to filter out the bacon bits . . . you all know what that bacon grease tin looks like, right???? 
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tvme
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Now you guys really made me hungry! Arteries are bigger than they need to be anyway...
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