(So it shouldn't happen you are having Chanukah without them.)
2 cups grated raw potatoes, drained
2 beaten eggs
a little salt, maybe a teaspoon
big tablespoon flour or matzo meal
small onion, grated Combine all ingredients and mix well. Heat a generous amount of vegetable oil in a skillet, 
maybe 1/4inch, maybe more. (So a little fat never hurt anybody.) 
Drop mixture by the heaping tablespoon into the oil. If you like thin, crisp pancakes, flatten with
the back of a spoon. 
Fry onboth sides until brown.
Serve nice and hot with sour cream or applesauce.  T
his recipe should serve 4 to 6, but when some people see potato latkes they act like they
haven't eaten for a week. 
They will want to make from latkes alone a meal. When you have people who enjoy so much,
so you won't mind grating potatoes all day long.  (And if you should use your food processor,
so who would be knowing the difference?)  --Recipe partially adapted from Sara Kasdan's "Love and Knish"