Ruddell >, if that's their real name,
wrote:

>In > Damsel in dis Dress
>wrote:
>
>Ok, so really it's just chopped up meat and potatoes (pre-cooked/boiled?)
>spiced up to taste and served. So why the term hash I wonder?

Yeah, it's kinda like American fried rice. You're just using up leftovers.
Maybe the person who invented it was high when they did it.

>> Try it with ham. Mmmmmm ... wonderful!
>
>Yeah, ok will do. But if this is all hash is, I wonder how they mucked
>up the stuff I bought so bad?

Based on the squishy consistency of the "meat," I think they're just
grinding up parts of the cow that can't be used for anything else. Thus,
my fear of the contents of the canned stuff.

Carol
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