Instant Potato Pancakes

I failed at these. Horribly. I tried this recipe: http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1825,145160-252203,00.html to no avail. I tried my own, using a mix of flakes, bisquick, and some other ingredients, and it still tasted like poop. Anyone have a good recipe to make potato pancakes without using real spuds?

sorry, what do you have against real spuds? smitten kitchen knows how to do it real and right: http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/12/potato-pancakes-even-better/