Tag: memories
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Fred’s Fried Puhtaytuz – My Dad’s Recipe for Fried Potatoes
Not potatoes. Not pertaters. Not even ‘taters. To my dad, they were puhtaytuz (puh TAY tuz). He hailed from Hidalgo, Illinois. Perhaps that pronunciation came from there. Perhaps it came from the fact that, born in 1907, he attended school only through the 6th grade and then began working to help support the family. The eldest […]