You Tube introduced me recently to a Silesian cook called Remigiusz Raczka, interesting to watch in the kitchen, pleasant to listen to. His take on placki ziemniaczane caught my attention and I made them his way for lunch today. It is the most miserable day in living memory, weather wise. It rains cats and dogs, it’s cold, grey, the cats have not been outside at all today. Florek is suffering from a back injury and Iza has a day off for that reason. I cook.

I used a different side of the grater, to change the texture of placki a bit, make them more hay-like. Normally I use my mini food processor to turn the potatoes into a pulp, today I did the work. Not sure if it made a huge difference. What did though was an extra ingredient- 3 cloves of garlic. Grated, like the spuds and onion. Then, as always, one egg, 2 tbps of plain flour, salt and pepper and they were ready to fry.

Nice, simple and calorific lunch, that made the house smelling like our small flat in Stronie. Iza and I had them with sugar and sour cream, the way I used to when I was a kid. Yum.