Mashed Potato Patties

Coming from, what by today's standards, is a very large family, we seldom had leftovers from the dinner table. However, once in awhile we would have leftover mashed potatoes. Whenever that happened, Mama would make us mashed potato patties for breakfast.

She would mix the cold mashed potatoes with egg, to form a workable "dough". Then, she would melt a good bit of butter in a pan and break bread into pieces, dropping the pieces into the melting butter. She would then drop the mashed potato mixture by the spoonful onto the toasting bread crumbs. The pieces of bread that were not under the patties, she would move onto the top, so there would be toasty parts on both sides. Very Yummy!