News We have to come to a consensus on what Hash Browns are..

[mixmastermo]

I don't think it is a question of which are hash browns. I believe the question is which do you prefer? Hash is technically just chopping something into small pieces which probably results in cube type pieces if done with a knife. The small cubes are difficult to keep on a fork. I prefer the potatoes to be shredded like option 2 and shredding also fits the definition of hash. Shredded potatoes with a little oil added tend to stick together which makes them easier to eat with a fork. The fast food restaurants want to be able to deep fry them and have standardized portions so they press shredded potatoes into pieces that make that possible. They also want people to be able to eat them without having to supply a fork.

While I prefer the ones in the second picture, they would be messy to eat without a fork.

No... the question is which ones are actually hash browns.

Do a google image search on hash browns. In this thread alone I posted pictures of at least 7 different things that people call hash browns. Some are radically different.

We need to avoid confusion here. This isn't the constitution, we can't have people having different interpretations of what hash browns are. If you ask for hash browns, you should know exactly what you are getting. Truth is, unless you've been to that specific restaurant/diner/fast food joint before, you won't actually know until it is given to you.

 

[mixmastermo]

On a personal note, the best has browns I have ever had were at a Waffle House in Georgia.

Ever since then, I've been chasing that high, but never being able to catch it...



I live in the NYC area. Waffle House isn't a thing around here..

 

[John Mabrey]

This has been nagging me for years and I can't take it any more.

We need to settle this once and for all

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Bottom line: if you ask for hash browns, you won't actually know what you are getting until they are in front of you.

First one, one of the others are tater tots

 

[mixmastermo]

First one, one of the others are tater tots

 

[John Mabrey]

Dunkin donuts

 

[dildos]

they are hecking simple burnt potatoes!!

 

[RetiredSlave]

All of them. Potato foods.

 

[Fedorgasm]

The only one that qualifies is number 2. That’s what fucking hash browns are. If you’re a fat piece of shit that eats McDonald’s often I suppose you’d consider 1 hash browns but how’d that possible when it’s singular and is basically a retarded tater tot. Everything else is just some wannabe bullshit

This guy nailed it.

 

[Fatality]

This has been nagging me for years and I can't take it any more.

We need to settle this once and for all

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Bottom line: if you ask for hash browns, you won't actually know what you are getting until they are in front of you.

1. That's a patty hashbrown. These are more easy to handle and are used in fast food breakfast joints.
2. That looks like shredded potato. That's not in any way related to hash browns.
3. Those are classical basic bitch hash browns.
4. Those are french fries, specifically homestyle fries as you can tell that some still have the potato skin. Not hash browns.
5. Those are tater tots(aka Puffs). Not hash browns.

So basically #3 is the correct answer but #1 is also acceptable since they were popularized as "hash browns" by fast food franchises.

 

[Jesus X]

This has been nagging me for years and I can't take it any more.

We need to settle this once and for all

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Bottom line: if you ask for hash browns, you won't actually know what you are getting until they are in front of you.

I concur

 

[Jesus X]

I love a chicken fried steak. two eggs over easy amd a hash brown in the morning.

 

[Plissken]

Yes, yes, no, no, hash bites.

 

[DarkneT]

Those things hotter from lava that come from McDonald’s

 

[Otto!]

On a personal note, the best has browns I have ever had were at a Waffle House in Georgia.

Ever since then, I've been chasing that high, but never being able to catch it...



I live in the NYC area. Waffle House isn't a thing around here..

I lived in Florida for 18 months and Waffle house my goto place for breakfast. And yes, hash browns were awesome there.

 

[mixmastermo]

1. That's a patty hashbrown. These are more easy to handle and are used in fast food breakfast joints.
2. That looks like shredded potato. That's not in any way related to hash browns.
3. Those are classical basic bitch hash browns.
4. Those are french fries, specifically homestyle fries as you can tell that some still have the potato skin. Not hash browns.
5. Those are tater tots(aka Puffs). Not hash browns.

So basically #3 is the correct answer but #1 is also acceptable since they were popularized as "hash browns" by fast food franchises.

#3?

Please don't troll in this thread or I WILL report you.

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

Dat Afghan

Facky HNNNNNNNNG

 

[shunyata]

This has been nagging me for years and I can't take it any more.

We need to settle this once and for all

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Are these hash browns?

Bottom line: if you ask for hash browns, you won't actually know what you are getting until they are in front of you.

Everything except the last one are hash browns. Your last image is crown style tater tots.

 

[elwani]

I love a chicken fried steak. two eggs over easy amd a hash brown in the morning.

So a heart attack

 

[minute bull]

Vato, I heard potato.

 

[Jesus X]

So a heart attack

we call it a freedom malfunction in the U.S