Hash Browns. Help out a poor Brit....

[monster]

For my sins, I like Denny's hash browns. I know they're simple to make in principle, but when I googled for recipes to make them like Denny's ('cause I've had really nasty ones in restaurants here, too), it seems that everyone likes to call their recipe "just like Denny's" whether they just grate raw potato in a pan, or blend it with sweet potato, onion, garlic and toss it in flour seasoned with gold dust before frying in the blood of a virgin.

So, needless to say, my first attempt was an unmitigated disaster (I ate it anyway but....) how do I make hash browns from scratch similar to those I get at Denny's. I know they probably use reconstituted cat poop with added chemicals, but, you know, something that vaguely resembled it'd be good.

please.

thanks.