{"id":4595,"slug":"potato-cakes","title":"Potato cakes","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["mashed potatoes (left over)","flour","a little butter","the raw yolk of an egg (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["mashed potato","flour","little butter","raw yolk of egg"],"steps":["Whenever there is mashed potatoes left over, make into little cakes about one inch thick and two inches in diameter.","Roll in flour.","Fry in pan with a little butter, until brown on both sides.","If the potato should be too thin add the raw yolk of an egg."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w22:5","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":1.0,"content_hash":"529294112bd73af0649053016687e7dc3afafc2eddb77c3c2de8628afaa707cd","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:37:21Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/potato-cakes"}