Working in batches and adding
more schmaltz and oil to skillet as needed to maintain 1/8 inches fat, drop large spoonfuls of mixture into pan, pressing gently with the back of a spoon or spatula to flatten slightly.
Not exact matches
Get a medium to large saucepan and heat 2
more tablespoons
schmaltz or butter in there.
Add 1/4 cup of
schmaltz to the oil if you'd like, it will add
more savory flavor to the latkes.
If this film at least owned up to its cruel spirit, that would at least make it a little
more digestible, but by supplying an ending comprised entirely of artificial
schmaltz, it somehow makes the experience feel even
more repugnant.
I fall under the latter camp, for all the
schmaltz — however expertly acted by Osment — comes after what would've been a far
more poetic and appropriate conclusion.
It's surprising how warm it is — superficially I guess it's similar to something like To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday — which I suppose is a superficially similar film — but this one has a
more «Hollywood» feel to it, a degree of
schmaltz perhaps but a satisfying one.
If you can find an adequate way to see it in all its glory, and you can stomach the stickiness of typical Christmas
schmaltz, you should be rewarded by one of the
more inventive and visually captivating holiday films made in many a year.