G'day mates,

Having something of a surfeit of spuds the other day, I boiled more
than required with the corned beef with a view to having a couple of
"hash browns" with bacon and eggs for breaky next morning.

But I wasn't too sure how one makes hash browns, so I did a bit of a
google and found heaps of recipes -- but they led me to the question
"What are real hash browns?"

Having met them in the US nearly 30 barely-remembered years ago, and
more recently in semi-upmarket city hotel "breakfast bars" when
travelling here in Oz, I was convinced that they are just a sort of
fried patty of minced/mashed spuds with a bit of onion or whatever
thrown in and some goop to make them hold together while frying.

However, google threw up quite a bit of stuff which looked more like a
dry stir fry of spuds and other vegs etc. -- most unpatty-like.

So I appeal to you yanks who are experts in this sort of cuisine --
just what *is* the real "hash browns"? (And your favourite recipe for
them would be nice too. :-)

Thanks for your time.

Cheers, Phred.

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LID