Grandma really wasn't a very good cook (some of the stuff she made was pretty scary and is the stuff of family legend) but there were a few things she made really well, including this kugel, which she made only once a year at Passover. She and my grandfather would stand over a tortuous wire mesh grater pulverizing the potatoes by hand. I still have that grater and use it sometimes, or cheat and use the food processor. This is not health food. It is heavy, dense, classic Eastern-European Jewish food, and it is still one of the best things I have ever tasted.

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