"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Mordechai Housman wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>
>>> There are hash browns (grated potatoes grilled like a German potato
>>> pancake)
>>> and then there are home fries (diced potatoes pan-fried in oil with
>>> diced
>>> onions). I'm not sure what you're looking for but I can guarantee
>>> there is
>>> no cumin or paprika in either one. Lots of salt & pepper, it's the
>>> key to
>>> both.
>>
>> You lost me with the "German potato pancake." Can you describe this
>> and the process of making hash browns, please?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> German potato pancakes are shredded potatoes with onion, packed
> tightly into
> pancakes and quickly fried until golden brown in hot oil in little
> pancakes.
> Got it?

Shredded raw onion? That sounds like potato latkes, which are fairly
tradition among Ashkenazi Jews during Chanukah, basically because
wintertime that was probably all we had to eat: potatoes and onions.