# Corned beef hash **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047 "2000-06-11T19:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b5e925/32.png) [@Zion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zion)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/1 "2000-06-11T19:20:15Z")
I’ve heard it called “dog food,” but I love it. I haven’t met many people who enjoy it though. What about you? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/2 "2000-06-11T19:35:02Z")
sheesh! My dad used to love it. Of course, he also ate “scrapple” so… I think I took a bite of it once, but I dont like anything spicy so, I did not like it. However, to each his own. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/3 "2000-06-11T19:52:03Z")
I love it, but not that stuff that comes in a can…that looks and smells too much like dog food. I prefer to make it from scratch. Corned beef all diced up…potatoes blanched and diced…diced onions…all fried up just right…then eggs scrambled in at the last minute. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/4 "2000-06-11T20:00:22Z")
Like it either canned (from my bachelor days) or fresh. The canned needs a lot of ketchup, though. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/5 "2000-06-11T21:19:25Z")
Mmmmm, I **love** corned beef hash! I thought I was the only loony who still did. Glad to know I’m not alone. I just can’t eat it anymore cuz it’s way too fattening. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/6 "2000-06-11T21:53:15Z")
I _ **LOVE** _ corned beef hash!!! Made from scratch, canned, any way you got it. Fry it up with 2 eggs over easy on top and I’ll follow you anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/7 "2000-06-11T23:13:03Z")
you people are depraved ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/8 "2000-06-12T01:30:13Z")
I used to hate, absolutely hate, corned beef hash. Now I don’t mind it at all. Kind of like it. (I’ve gotten considerably less picky in my dotage, actually enjoying things that made me want to vomit when I was younger. Not so much thinking about Corned Beef Hash, but vegetables in general.) Still prefer bacon, steak, eggs, hashbrowns or tater tots. That is, when I actually wake up early enough to eat breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/9 "2000-06-12T01:44:52Z")
Chalk up another corned beef hash fan. I love the stuff, but don’t eat it often. (If the fat doesn’t kill ya, the salt will.) Fresh made is best, but even the canned stuff is okay in a pinch. Crispy on the outside, with an over-easy egg on the side. And hot sauce. I have the finely honed tastes of a starving lumberjack. Veb ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/10 "2000-06-12T02:01:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Corned beef all diced up…potatoes blanched and diced…diced onions…all fried up just right…then eggs scrambled in at the last minute. Yum! I’ve never had it , but that sounds great . ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/11 "2000-06-12T02:21:50Z")
Oh, for heavens sake, stop being so damned defensive. Corned Beef Hash is the food of the gods. Fresh is mighty good, but who ever has that much corned beef on hand? John Thorne, the Greatest Food Writer Currently Living in America, swears by canned corned beef (that stuff in the trapezoidal can), which he mixes with his own taters and onions. He says it makes the best crust. There’s a recipe somewhere on his website: [http://www.outlawcook.com](http://www.outlawcook.com) ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/12 "2000-06-12T02:35:26Z")
Yeah, the canned corned beef will do in a pinch, but I draw the line at canned corned beef hash. One nice thing about the canned corned beef is that it’s just the right amount. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/13 "2000-06-12T02:54:26Z")
I love Corned Beed Hash. Especially in the can. It is the ultimate way to stave off a hangover. All the salts and grease seem to work to purge my system of that alcohol, and replace it with lard. In fact, for your viewing pleasure: [A picture of a younger Mr. Cynical drunk, and eating corned beef hash RIGHT OUT OF THE SKILLET.](http://www.geocities.com/Brian_Stringer/hashman.jpg) This was scanned YEARS ago, and is of extremely poor quality. You’ll get the gist of it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/14 "2000-06-12T03:53:53Z")
Corn beef has and eggs is a breakfast to leave you feeling mighty and ready to go out and conquer the world. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/15 "2000-06-12T04:22:36Z")
I love corned beef hash! I really like the canned corn beef but I have to add my own potatoes. In fact, my husband and I just realized the other day that we both really like corned beef hash–it’s just never come up! So I think we might be making some soon! ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/16 "2000-06-12T05:25:40Z")
Chalk me up as a corn beef hash lover. Like it with eggs and muffins. Then again, I also love good old Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast. Better known as Slop\* on a Shingle \*[sub]Shit also is commonly used for the name after the 53rd day of it for breakfast.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![VaHermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@VaHermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VaHermit)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/17 "2000-06-12T05:43:56Z")
I work night shift so I’m not sure if I’m eligible to participate in a poll of “normal” people, but sometimes at lunch (9:30pm) a tupperware bowl of corned beef hash from the microwave sure hits the spot. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/18 "2000-06-12T07:35:43Z")
I am very fond of corned beef, though I prefer it unhashed. I’ll take it in hash, if that’s the only way I can get it. I make a dandy roast beef hash, if I do say so myself. It’s just the thing on a chilly day, if you don’t feel like having stew. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/19 "2000-06-12T11:26:31Z")
I love the stuff. It’ll kill you for sure though. I’ve never had it made from scratch(culinary skills such as this are hard to come by on the west coast). **MrC!** -OMG man! right out of the skillet even! You barbarian…next thing you’ll be beating women with a club and dragging them around by the hair! 😃 -Sam ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047/20 "2000-06-12T13:21:50Z")
GaWd sez: > [@](#): > > \*\* > MrC!-OMG man! right out of the skillet even! > > You barbarian…next thing you’ll be beating women with a club and dragging them around by the hair! 😃 > \*\* What makes you think I don’t already? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-hash/22047.md?page=2)