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Title: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 09, 2011, 09:40:38 AM
just fantastic. but how can baked potatoes just suck so hard while hashbrowns are so great? i don't understand it either. seems they should be similar but they are not even close. one is disgusting and the other is magical.



least favorite but still fantastic-cubed/diced hasbrowns. these will sometimes be called potatoes obrien and you'll think you'll be getting a bunch of peppers and onions in the bag when in reality there is like hardly any.

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second favorite is the hasbrown potato patty. you might say gross but i say fantastic. one great big tator tot and i can eat it for breakfast you say? smashing i say. great job.

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first favorite is the below. what do you call this type? i don't really know. i think they are just hashbrowns and if you want a different kind like the cubed or patty then you specify that but when you just want these you just say hashbrowns. they are very good.

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so there you have it. there's my top 3. feel free to weigh in or add different hashbrown varieties that i might not have discussed that you know about. toppings on hashbrowns and other hashbrown related things can be discussed as well.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Saulbadguy on October 09, 2011, 09:44:30 AM
mods, please move this post (the i'm typing right now) to the normal things people like/do but I don't understand thread.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Pete on October 09, 2011, 10:17:26 AM
I agree with your ranking.

The shredded kind (your and my #1) is tough to make at home, IMO.  I can never get them perfectly crisped.  The greasy spoon type places that have a well seasoned cook top are the best.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: steve dave on October 09, 2011, 10:26:41 AM
how about those round guys.  are those hashbrowns?  they aren't as good as the others. 
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 09, 2011, 10:29:26 AM
I agree with your ranking.

The shredded kind (your and my #1) is tough to make at home, IMO.  I can never get them perfectly crisped.  The greasy spoon type places that have a well seasoned cook top are the best.

totally agree. also why i try to always keep some #2 at home in the freezer. never know when i'm going to want a little bit of browns. 
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 09, 2011, 10:30:42 AM
how about those round guys.  are those hashbrowns?  they aren't as good as the others. 


hmmmm, round huh? picture?
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: steve dave on October 09, 2011, 10:36:54 AM
how about those round guys.  are those hashbrowns?  they aren't as good as the others. 


hmmmm, round huh? picture?

I think they are just small potatoes cut down the middle into silver dollar sized pieces and fried.  Pretty rare.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 09, 2011, 10:38:56 AM
how about those round guys.  are those hashbrowns?  they aren't as good as the others. 


hmmmm, round huh? picture?

I think they are just small potatoes cut down the middle into silver dollar sized pieces and fried.  Pretty rare.

like the chef's potatoes? my opinion would probably be that those are homestyle potatoes or breakfast potatoes and not hashbrowns. we could probably go around and around for forever about this though. anybody else want to weigh in?
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: AppleJack on October 09, 2011, 10:55:11 AM
hashbrowns require catsup. no exceptions.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Pete on October 09, 2011, 10:56:53 AM
I think Steve Dave might be describing tator-tots, which some shady places try and pass off as "hash browns"
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: DQ12 on October 09, 2011, 10:58:18 AM
I like putting pepper on hashbrowns.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: broXcore on October 09, 2011, 11:07:32 AM
good timing on this thread. just made hashbrowns this morning, obviously with cajun seasoning, pepper, and sriracha.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: pissclams on October 09, 2011, 11:10:17 AM
*Pro TiP* - use a lot of butter, don't flip them for a long time.  as dlew said - pepper pepper and MORE  pepper.  you can make shredded ones by using your food processor.  i'm partial to potatoes o'brian.  key here is using enough butter and not flipping.  trust me.  i make the best. usually.  
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: wetwillie on October 09, 2011, 11:19:43 AM
not to take away from your thread, but more as an addition to it:  I had cheese grits with gouda last weekend while I was in kentucky. Those are a real treasure.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: CHONGS on October 09, 2011, 11:27:15 AM
I like latkes.  Easier to make than shredded browns imho.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 09, 2011, 11:31:03 AM
I like latkes.  Easier to make than shredded browns imho.


hmmmm. tell me more about these latkes that you speak of.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: CHONGS on October 09, 2011, 11:39:44 AM
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/recipe-of-the-day-potato-nik/

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Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: hemmy on October 09, 2011, 11:47:16 AM
Tater Tots by far, #1
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Johnny Wichita on October 09, 2011, 11:51:02 AM
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BITB

Heat up olive oil, throw in diced garlic and onion salt, let cook for a bit, throw in potatoes, cook til golden brown, enjoy the flavor orgy in your mouth. 
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: wildfratcountry on October 09, 2011, 12:04:54 PM
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BITB

Heat up olive oil, throw in diced garlic and onion salt, let cook for a bit, throw in potatoes, cook til golden brown, enjoy the flavor orgy in your mouth. 

made these exact ones for breakfast this morning actually, FANTASTIC! With lots of ketchup. It's definitely spelled ketchup.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: jtksu on October 09, 2011, 12:12:07 PM
If you shred up your own tators, you gotta (gotta!) wring em out in a dish towel.  Also, tons of pepper and some tabasco.  Ketchup can eat a dick as far as I'm concerned.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 09, 2011, 12:34:27 PM
yeah. eat a dick ketchup. and please stay away from my hashbrowns while you are doing it.  :nono:
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: pissclams on October 09, 2011, 12:35:09 PM
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BITB

Heat up olive oil, throw in diced garlic and onion salt, let cook for a bit, throw in potatoes, cook til golden brown, enjoy the flavor orgy in your mouth.  

LOL @ your dumbass.  check the sodium content of those.  disgusting.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Saulbadguy on October 09, 2011, 01:07:41 PM
I like latkes.  Easier to make than shredded browns imho.
Great with applesauce.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Cire on October 09, 2011, 02:00:42 PM
cireksu  loves every single kind of fried potato no matter what the shape.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: CHONGS on October 09, 2011, 02:23:09 PM
I like latkes.  Easier to make than shredded browns imho.
Great with applesauce.
yes!
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: kim carnes on October 09, 2011, 02:45:37 PM
hash browns are fried, right?  i'm pretty sure they are fried. 
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: jtksu on October 09, 2011, 02:47:55 PM
Not the good ones.  Pretty much satueed on a griddle.  (I guess a saute is technically frying, just with a small amount of oil.)
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: wes mantooth on October 09, 2011, 08:34:16 PM
True story, whenever i eat breakfast and someone with me puts ketchup on their hashbrowns, i can't eat anymore.  what kind of idiot would load ketchup on perfectly great hashbrowns?  a white midwestern probably.  looks effing terrible, probably tastes worse.  you ketchup on hashbrown losers disgust me.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: Tobias on October 09, 2011, 08:35:45 PM
good timing on this thread. just made hashbrowns this morning, obviously with cajun seasoning, pepper, and sriracha.

 :thumbs:
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: jtksu on October 09, 2011, 08:36:05 PM
Lotta people put ketchup on fries, does that gross you out?
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: jmlynch1 on October 09, 2011, 08:48:36 PM
True story, whenever i eat breakfast and someone with me puts ketchup on their hashbrowns, i can't eat anymore.  what kind of idiot would load ketchup on perfectly great hashbrowns?  a white midwestern probably.  looks effing terrible, probably tastes worse.  you ketchup on hashbrown losers disgust me.
Eggs is worse IMO, but I also think Ketchup is grizosss
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: CHONGS on October 09, 2011, 08:59:19 PM
You might like KeChipotle.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: wes mantooth on October 09, 2011, 09:09:23 PM
Lotta people put ketchup on fries, does that gross you out?

Do you put ketchup on potato chips?  hillbilly
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: j-dub on October 09, 2011, 09:15:03 PM
Lotta people put ketchup on fries, does that gross you out?

Do you put ketchup on potato chips?  hillbilly

 :thumbs:
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: jtksu on October 09, 2011, 09:27:01 PM
potato chips come pre-flavored.  Rube.
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: wes mantooth on October 09, 2011, 09:37:05 PM
potato chips come pre-flavored.  Rube.

what about original chips?  would you consider salt a "pre-flavor"?
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: jtksu on October 09, 2011, 10:31:58 PM
I eat my fries salted, without anything else.  Next question?
Title: Re: official hashbrowns thread
Post by: broXcore on October 10, 2011, 01:20:56 AM
good timing on this thread. just made hashbrowns this morning, obviously with cajun seasoning, pepper, and sriracha.

 :thumbs:
glorious sriracha master race  :emawkid: