The wife's recipe.  
You need to grate the potatoes and then squeeze all the water out, add the onions to the potatoes and stir in egg and salt.
1 pound potatoes 
1/2 cup finely chopped onion 
1 large egg, lightly beaten 
1/2 teaspoon salt 
Fry them in a little olive oil and make more than you think anybody could possibly eat.  Yukon Gold potatoes make some really outstanding laktes.  
