JAS_OH1
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Maybe you can get him to tell you without him going ballistic, and then wait a few months (or a year) to make some. And make sure you call them something entirely differentMy husband and I met later in life and both my MIL & FIL had passed by the time I came along, so I couldn't say how she made her croquettes, or anything thing else for that matter, and none of the Aunties, Uncles, my SIL's, nor BIL know anything about what or how she cooked.
My sauerkraut balls are technically a croquette. I think that tater tots and shaped hash browns are, too. love croquettes!