My visit to Derby

[Undertoad]

To me it's 1-2cm peeled-then-cubed firm white potatoes, in a hot skillet with bacon fat (or butter if you must), salt and pepper, browned while rarely turning.

Grating the potatoes is an acceptable local variant.

The intellectually-challenged add onions. The posh add paprika. Neither is appropriate.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

To me it's 1-2cm peeled-then-cubed firm white potatoes, in a hot skillet with bacon fat (or butter if you must), salt and pepper, browned while rarely turning.

Grating the potatoes is an acceptable local variant.

The intellectually-challenged add onions. The posh add paprika. Neither is appropriate.

Scattered, shattered, smothered, and covered.

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Scattered, shattered, smothered, and covered.

Which is an Awful Waffle reference, and everyone knows The Waffle House uses actual hashy brown potatoes. I've been to Awful Waffles in my travels, and they're always grated potatoes.

I love some Awful Waffle, Nationwide.

You're right, monster, using previously baked potatoes is a perfect way to make great hash browns. It's all in the browning and the center.