When I make potatoe pancakes, I clean and peel the red potatoes, then put them in my food processor to thoroughly shed them, before mixing them into the Bisquick batter.
Shed potatoes? LOL ... shred them
Nope.
Just clean them and grate them using one of those old fashioned, take the skin off your fingertips graters.
Drain as much of the liquid off as possible.
Then mix in an egg or two, enough salt to taste good, and a little flour, a 1/4 c or so.
Then heat the oil in a pan and when it sizzles when you drop a couple drops of pancake batter on it, then put the batter on and fry them up.
Be careful, though, because the grease will spatter from the liquid and you couple get away with no grease spatter burns if you wear long sleeves, but your hands will still get it.
It’s all part of the *experience*.
Serve with sour cream, and they are great with hot tea.