Crab Chowder Latkes

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Instant Mash
1 Cup Water
3 Eggs
1/2 Small Onion Minced
4 Slices Bacon (Beef, Pork, Turkey, or my new favorite Chicken)
1/2 Cup Crab Chopped
1/2 Cup Corn Kernels
1 tsp Creole Seasoning or Seasoned Salt
1 tsp Parsley Flakes
Sour Cream for serving with the finished latkes

Directions

Chop Bacon into small strips and render out fat until bacon is crispy.  Let bacon drain completely reserving bacon fat.
Combine instant mash with water and mix well, add eggs and beat until smooth.  Add all other ingredients including bacon.
Reheat pan with bacon fat over medium heat.  Spoon mixture into pan and flatten into round flat pieces.  Brown on both sides, about 5 minutes each side.  Once browned, drain on paper towels and keep hot in a 300 degree oven.
This recipe will make 6 large latkes or about 12 small ones.
Top with a dollop of sour cream.

I came up with this recipe while having very limited groceries in the house.  I have been making latkes all week because I haven't gone to the store yet.  I have a huge box of instant mash and a flat of eggs, which means I have latkes all week :)  I was reading some recipes online and a new england clam chowder recipe came up.  I thought, that sounds really good, I want some chowder!  I didn't have any milk and I still hadn't eaten breakfast.  Time for a compromise.  I will have it all, I thought to myself.  I had some beef bacon in the freezer along with a thousand types of frozen vegetables.  I'm not sure why I have so many frozen vegetables on hand, I don't really like frozen vegetables, yet I continue to buy them out of habit...  However they are great in a pinch and I was thankful I had some this morning.  Fresh everything is better of course.  I can't wait until summer when fresh corn is available!
I have been cooking with crab a lot this week because it was on sale in bulk.  It's always best to buy in bulk and when items are on sale, that's the inner Jew in me speaking though. I think a lot of the best recipes that you create at home are sometimes you're own mini "chopped" challenges that you do rather than dragging yourself to the store for just one silly ingredient.