German goodness

I used to live with Terri who was somehow connected with Germany. I can't remember Terri...did you live there? Remind me. Anyway, she introduced me to potatoe latkes and to some other thing I can't remember the name of but it was like fondue. (why am I posting about things I can't remember??).
Point being, I've been waiting to make potatoe latkes for years. Really. I just never found the right moment. So during the last few days of Ramadan here, I've been wanting to take some food over to our neighbors for their Iftar dinner. That is the semi-light meal they eat to break the fast. For some reason the food is usually fried. I've been trying to find some good finger food that would be easy to make in large quantities and that would hopefully be to their liking.
Thanks to Jon and Lisa who gave me the spectacular kitchen aid attachment last year, I was able to grate all the potatoes in record time! I had a little trouble fitting it into the mixer so I called Vic who has the same one (hence the idea!). She helped me out but when I was trying to detach the thing at the end I was having a bit of trouble. Layla was watching me poke around with out any success and she said "why don't you call Aunt Vic again?" Ha.
I think they were a hit judging from my neighbor across the street who texted me saying "thanks habeebti! mmmmmmmm yuumy". Habeebti is a term of endearment here.
I'm making more tonight for another set of neighbors. My house, clothes and hair all smell like fried potatoes. ugh.