Potato Pancakes

about twelve 3-inch cakes

2 cups grated potato
fold the gratings into a cheese cloth and wring the towel to extract as much moisture from the potatoes as possible. Place them in a bowl.
3 eggs
beat these eggs into the potato mixture; then in a separate bowl, sift:
1 1/2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
add the flour to the mixture with:
3 tablespoons grated onion (i.e. one small onion)