Which Chips (or Fries) Are the Best?

[TiQuinn]

Well...one of them you can pick up and dip in ketchup, the other requires a fork. But that's the only difference AFAICT.

So depending how you make them, you could be getting closer to a potato pancake / latke which usually means there's some flour involved as a binder. All I really care about is the texture and then the crispiness. I've had some sad hash browns.

 

[CleverNickName]

Agreed. Fried potatoes (maybe a little onions) on a frying pan on the stove...SO YUMMY!
(I grew up on this, you'd think i was tired of it. Tomato sandwiches, fried squash, cantaloupe and salt fish for breakfast)

Not fries.

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I was hungry before, but now I'm starving.

 

[TiQuinn]

I was hungry before, but now I'm starving.

Yeah, I know what I'm having this weekend for breakfast.

 

[Thomas Shey]

That's how I'd define them too, and if I got home fries when I ordered hash browns, I'd be very disappointed. Oddly enough, I don't see hash browns that often anymore, and seldom done well when I do.

I see them a fair bit, because they're easy to cook en masse in that form.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Where do O'Brien land in the hash wars?
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Those just always seemed like homestyle potatoes with the onions and peppers as add ons.

 

[Thomas Shey]

But yeah, that's a good debate also. What is the difference between a hash and a hash brown? if any?

When I've seen hash used, its with either recycled roast beef or corned beef, and the potatoes are much smaller.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Agreed. Fried potatoes (maybe a little onions) on a frying pan on the stove...SO YUMMY!
(I grew up on this, you'd think i was tired of it. Tomato sandwiches, fried squash, cantaloupe and salt fish for breakfast)

Not fries.

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Haven't seen those in years. Love them.

 

[SkidAce]

So depending how you make them, you could be getting closer to a potato pancake / latke which usually means there's some flour involved as a binder. All I really care about is the texture and then the crispiness. I've had some sad hash browns.

Lefse?

 

[TiQuinn]

Lefse?

Had to Google that one! Hadn't heard of them!

 

[SkidAce]

Had to Google that one! Hadn't heard of them!

My family made them with leftover potatoes, mashed up, add flour etc, for breakfast the next day.
Add butter and sugar...fantastic.