"Bent Attorney Esq." wrote
Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>> Yup, and what I don't like is using shredded potatoes and calling them
>> hash
>> browns. I only shred raw potatoes to be used for latkes.

> Shredded potatoes are used to make hash browns. If they are cubed and
> fried they are called home fries, unless you committ sacriledge and
> deep fry them; then they are called cottage fries.

Again, you will not succeed in re-writing American English cooking terms
because you do not like them. Hash browns in the south may be shredded or
small cubes. Technically it's called 'potatos O'Brian if certain additives
are made.