Hash Browns

hash browns -vs- home fries

should have been the poll. that would have been a bloody battle.

Larger battle: catsup or no?

all the cat soup

i am no on catsup but i will defend to the death a person's right to catsup.

hash browns -vs- home fries

grits

How about with sour cream?

hash browns -vs- home fries
grits

― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, April 5, 2018 11:33 AM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

brother i'm praying for you, you've gone so astray

a hash browns story: it's the mid-nineties, I'm on tour with a guy from New Zealand, delightful fellow. not all bands make a point of getting breakfast on tour, but I'm a huge breakfast booster, I gotta eat before I get in the van for the day. so we get breakfast in idk Philly or NY the first day and the waitress is like "toast or hash browns?" and my dude looks puzzled and I say "get the hash browns." Maybe it was a place I know, I don't remember. Dude wolfs down the hash browns with great wonder and relish. Next time we're cruising for a breakfast place somebody points at one, some Golden Corral thing or whatever, and my man, in the most polite but worried voice from the back seat, says: "Will they have hash browns?" with an extra prosodic emphasis on "browns," like he's describing the most exotic dish and he wants to make a point of getting to eat it at least once more before returning to the hash-brown free hellscape he's previously known

ha, i'm reminded of going to a big diner breakfast in philly with two of maria's dutch friends and when the food came that priceless look of: you have GOT to be kidding. #tonnage

long long ago hash browns were called 'hashed browned potatos'. this level of specificity has since proved superfluous.

hash is great – every kind

in all my years of living in philly i never once ordered scrapple. just couldn't do it.

or pork roll for that matter.

You can survive without the hash but not the brown

how do people in new zealand eat their breakfast potatoes? now i need to know.

They don’t have potatoes there because they prey on the native bird species

the key to good hashbrowns is making them from fully baked potoatoes
that is what i learned from the master while working at the south fork cafe in river falls, wisconsin

a hash browns story: it's the mid-nineties, I'm on tour with a guy from New Zealand, delightful fellow. not all bands make a point of getting breakfast on tour, but I'm a huge breakfast booster, I gotta eat before I get in the van for the day. so we get breakfast in idk Philly or NY the first day and the waitress is like "toast or hash browns?" and my dude looks puzzled and I say "get the hash browns." Maybe it was a place I know, I don't remember. Dude wolfs down the hash browns with great wonder and relish. Next time we're cruising for a breakfast place somebody points at one, some Golden Corral thing or whatever, and my man, in the most polite but worried voice from the back seat, says: "Will they have hash browns?" with an extra prosodic emphasis on "browns," like he's describing the most exotic dish and he wants to make a point of getting to eat it at least once more before returning to the hash-brown free hellscape he's previously known

― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, April 5, 2018 10:03 AM (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hell yeah i LOVE this story

me too
Love hash browns but seems like a thing that's hard for most standard diners to consistently get right. Ewww at basically raw potatoes under a thin layer of goldenness.

gotta boil before you fry

I've never made them myself, but I guess they're boiled cause they're very moist and tender but just have zero color to them. I assume it's tricky to not burn the exterior yet have the inside get some color.

Yes to ketchup with a very large dose of hot sauce added.

gotta boil before you fry

― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, April 5, 2018 1:53 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nah man you gotta fry them then you boil them. that's the way to go.

lol @ "hash BROWNS" like how in the uk they say "hot SAUCE"

Hashed Browns vs Hash Browned Potatoes

baked not boiled! you want to remove water to increase crispiness

^sounds correct

Last night I watched an ep of Iron Chef with a local dude on it, and he made hash browns, and at one point (before frying) literally wrapped them in a napkin and wrung them out in the sink to get rid of as much water as possible.

peel them, quarter them, boil them for about 20 minutes, drain them, let them sit in the colander until they stop steaming, put them in some Tupperware, stick them in the refrigerator to fry the next day

the case for baking is intriguing, I will have to try that

boil them then freeze them then fry them in the oven then blanch to taste.

at one point (before frying) literally wrapped them in a napkin and wrung them out in the sink to get rid of as much water as possible.

― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, April 5, 2018 11:14 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is how I make latkes

in the most polite but worried voice from the back seat, says: "Will they have hash browns?" with an extra prosodic emphasis on "browns,"

this is a wonderful spontaneous example of the linguistic phenomenon where when a term is new or unfamiliar the emphasis goes on the second word, and as the term gets more common the emphasis moves forward.

boil them smack them flip them rub them down saute them fry them grill them flambe them talk dirty to them rinse them repeat them ignore them apologize to them sous vide them blanche them re-boil them dry them wake them bake them. this is just basic shit really.

are we still talking about hash browns

I'm once again severely angry there are no Waffle House locations in my state

That seems impossible, do you live in Antarctica? I figured those were everywhere.

Not up here in Wisconsin/Illinois/Minnesota

only village inn

been seeing a tight puck of hash browns on my plate at breakfast spots lately.

https://locations.wafflehouse.com/

none in Iowa either ;(

then fry them in the oven

I used to get hash browns in school dinners sometimes and they were foul, but I've been informed that *real* hash browns are different and not absolutely disgusting. I don't think I've ever tried them because the impostor hash browns have scarred me for life.

"none in Iowa either ;("

or mass.

lol @ "hash BROWNS" like how in the uk they say "hot SAUCE"

as a britisher this really bugs me - it seems like most of the time americans fuck up where to put the emphasis on two-word names or phrases

chief annoyance amongst many being 'ROBIN hood' as if this first name was a verb relating to his fondness for taking from the rich

Poor in wealth and in education, but rich in Bourbon and Waffle Houses. Looking on their map there are like 10 in a 40 mile radius here.

TAco Bell? taco BELL?

as if this first name was a verb relating to his fondness for taking from the rich

I mean...that's the joke, right?

I've always feared hash browns

The hash browns at my fave local diner are on point:

https://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/2PUvoTWjXyjciUcPAuBwpA/258s.jpg

chief annoyance amongst many being 'ROBIN hood' as if this first name was a verb relating to his fondness for taking from the rich

― star wars ep viii: the bay of porgs (bizarro gazzara), Friday, April 6, 2018 7:27 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sorry overruled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2tIMEJZo8w

I mean...that's the joke, right?

Lytil Jhon and Robyne Hude
Wayth-men ware commendyd gude
In Yngil-wode and Barnysdale
Thai oysyd all this tyme thare trawale.

...clappe that foole

wait does jordan think robin hood was conjured out of whole cloth for a kevin costner movie or something

Idk maybe his crime name was supposed to have some wordplay even in middle English?

what if it really was because Roger Godberd lived in the wood

Was in Whole Foods today (for like the second time ever) and noticed "organic hashed browns".

chief annoyance amongst many being 'ROBIN hood' as if this first name was a verb relating to his fondness for taking from the rich

― star wars ep viii: the bay of porgs (bizarro gazzara), Friday, April 6, 2018 8:27 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is the thing i was talking about! maybe it's an american english thing but we move emphasis forward over time.

i am American and i have never knowingly heard anyone say it like that

drying before frying is critical. That’s why I grate the potatoes into a salad spinner.

yep every american i've heard say it says ROBINhood

also when i made hash browns at home i'd pat them with a paper towel to remove excess water -- makes for some great hash

btw I have snickered out loud twice at UMS' last post

in the most polite but worried voice from the back seat, says: "Will they have hash browns?" with an extra prosodic emphasis on "browns,"

this gets in my head all the time

mine too for the last 20 years!

living in the south i am spoiled for this poll. personal preference is grits, specifically shrimp w grits. had them at the Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen recently and they were damn good.

no idea what this poll is tho. cornbeef hash is nice. hashbrowns can be really good even if they aren't browned. either way you go you can't lose. McDonalds sells "hashbrown" patties that i have heard people rave about but always taste like institutional food.

best hashbrowns of my life were eaten in a trailer restaurant in Asheville, NC.

guys homefries or gtfo come on

drying before frying is critical. That’s why I grate the potatoes into a salad spinner.

i squeezed mine out in the potato ricer the other day, did a good job. but i used raw potatoes, and didn't see that the recipe I was following suggested you microwave the hashed potatoes before frying, so I had the dreaded Raw Fried Potato Strands. But with enough ketchup, and in a toasted bun, they were actually good enough.

homefries are fine but with the portions vs. hashbrowns it really feels like eating several potatoes at once.

this is bad how

its not bad esp if the seasoning is right. but eating several potatoes at once gives me flashbacks to being broke and just cutting up potatoes & cooking them as a meal.

as hangover curative, a plateful of greasy, slightly charred, diner-style homefries is hard to beat

i love both and also corned beef hash be it from a can or homemade.

could really go for some hashbrowns right now tbh

hmm yes, some hash browns would be superb

hashED browns

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Grits and hash browns and home fries are all different things that are good for different reasons and suit different moods. There is no either/or.

Even hash browns appears to mean two or three distinct styles of thing to different people. Tight puck (an evocative phrase, that), McDonald's-style oval, loose assemblage, pile of mushy almost-au-gratin-thingies...

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browns wuz robbed, unless ofc you consider it a reference to the NFL team, in which case browns deserved worse.