I've been hungry for potato cakes like my mom used to make with leftover mashed potatoes. I've also been hungry for corn fritters. Found this recipe -- it's good. I bet they'd be good fried in a cast iron skillet over the fire.
2 cups Idaho potato flakes
1/3 cup corn meal
1 Tbsp garlic salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 cups milk
2 cups frozen corn kernals, defosted
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
3 green onions thinly sliced (I just substituted a medium size sweet onion chopped)
Optional garnish: Sour cream and sliced green onions or shredded cheese
20 min prep time
Combine potato flakes, cornmeal, garlic salt and pepper in bowl.
Stir in milk, corn, cheese and onion.
Let stand 2 min.
Pan fry 4 to 5 min on each side, till golden.
I tried pan frying with olive oil first. The next time I fried them in butter. DH liked them both ways - I liked them fried in butter, better.
We did not make them all at one time. I covered the bowl and put it in the refrig and fried more of them the next day. They were still good. Or you could fry them all up at one time and microwave them later.
Edit: I forgot - I added 2 beaten eggs. Just because that's what my mom did when she made the potato cakes. She always said it held them together better.
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