grumpyoldman
Senior Cook
are we talking about home fries now or hash browns ?
How do y'all make loose/patty hash browns?
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caseydog
Master Chef
IMO, the best hasbrowns and the ones made with dehydrated shredded potatoes. Ignore the directions on the package. Instead:
Place them in cold water in the fridge overnight. In the morning, drain and cook. This is how "hash houses" do it and frankly they are the gold standard for most of us.
Place them in cold water in the fridge overnight. In the morning, drain and cook. This is how "hash houses" do it and frankly they are the gold standard for most of us.
grumpyoldman
Senior Cook
1st time i have ever read/heard the term "hash houses" and have no idea what that means
A diner that serves short-order dishes. Typically like Dennys, Waffle House, independent restaurants that make food to order but not too fancy. Your favorite lunch counter...
HeyItsSara
Head Chef
Hash House? Please. I'm a notary and have my ethics.
Fries are not hash browns. They are a horse of a different ... nature.
Fries are not hash browns. They are a horse of a different ... nature.
Would you prefer Pot House? 
grumpyoldman
Senior Cook
thats kinda what i thought it meant
Although I knew she didn't mean that, I admit I thought of that translation too. I've never heard family diners referred to that way either.
caseydog
Master Chef
Would you prefer Pot House?
Actually...
But that's not allowed in Texas.
Can I say that?
CD
I like home fries, but they aren't quite the same as hashbrowns. When I used to make them for me and Stirling, I would sometimes ask, "Do you want round or square ones?" They are slightly different depending on if you slice or cube them.
caseydog
Master Chef
I completely agree that home fries are not the same thing as hash browns. I love both of them equally, like children, although fried potatoes call more often than children (that's a joke, so stop typing).
I used to go to this place that did home fries, and they got to know me, and always made my home fries extra crispy. I went there every Tuesday, and so did Deion Sanders. I have no idea what he ate, and never cared (that's not a joke, so feel free to type).
CD
BAPyessir6
Senior Cook
Ooooh yummy this is just like my mom did it. Delicious!
I did another batch of hash brown patties yesterday (kinda got shreds sort of on the last attempt)? And found that, both just squeezed and soaked and squeezed were lovely.
The main thing I found though, was the most effective way to drain them. A salad spinner is WONDERFUL for getting shreds dry. Like seriously, it's the best. I squeezed the HB for like 5 minutes in a towel then several layers of paper towel, and my wrists got sore. Then I took the salad spinner, spun for a minute, and got them at least twice as dry as the hash browns I squeezed. So if you have a 15 buck salad spinner like me and want hash browns, it's literally the best way I've found to dry them. I saved my wrists too!
The paler one is soaked then dried, whereas the darker one is again just squeezed dry. The very large patty was my attempt at loose hash browns.
Next I'll try buying frozen hash brown shreds and see how that works!!! You guys all recommend it, so I wanna try it too!
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Sir_Loin_of_Beef
Chef Extraordinaire
Have you tried dehydrating potato shreds to so this?
Been thinking about this line. When someone mentions Home Fries to me I don't think shredded. I think wedges, thick slices, stuff like that. Except where French Fries are deep fried, home fries are shallow pan fried.
Hash browns are yup, shredded and pan browned.
Hash browns are yup, shredded and pan browned.
I was wondering how hard it would be to do that.
I went and looked and doesn't seem too hard.
Might be trying it once we get through the hot water issue.
Please let us know how it goes. That would be really convenient for me.
I can't eat potatoes all the time. Sometimes my arthritis is pickier about the nightshades. Sometimes I have been eating other nightshades, like tomato and more would put me into the "too much nightshade" zone that aggravates my arthritis. So, it can be tricky having enough potato at home without having them go off. I don't really have anywhere cool to store them other than the fridge, and that's a bit overcrowded, as is the freezer.
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