No it is not so poshut. We make it once a year (many of us, anyway), so it does not come readily to many people. I had to learn how to make my yummy latkes without eggs, due to my grandson’s allergies. That was a big hassle for me, because last year, the first time I attempted it, I didn’t know what I was doing, and it just didn’t taste like MY latkes (which my son-in-law claims are the best he has ever had).
This year I fine-tuned my recipe, got some ideas in my head of how to substitute for the eggs, and made latkes that got the same rave review from him last night. That is NOT something every Bais Yaakov girl knows. It’s something however, that every seasoned cook knows. And many of us became seasoned cooks from a combination of instinct AND some really great cookbooks (all of which ought to have latke recipes in them).