# Hash Browns or Home Fries **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hash-browns-or-home-fries/664210 "2013-07-22T17:09:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hash-browns-or-home-fries/664210/61 "2013-07-23T21:27:40Z")
I can make home fries all day long and they’re good, but nothing compares to Waffle House hash browns. Not Cracker Barrel or any buffet or anything I can make at home. They’re singed from end to end but cut into them with a fork and you’ve got glistening tender potato that begs for egg, pork and another cup of coffee. Plain, covered or smothered they steam the windows with that good food smell and it doesn’t matter if it’s light or dark outside—you’re satisfied. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hash-browns-or-home-fries/664210/62 "2013-07-23T22:05:58Z")
You people are killing me. How can hash browns be beating home fries in the poll? HB’s are not even in the same league as HF’s. For one thing, potatoes should not be served in any fashion without onions, preferably caramelized. And peppers? They just make everything better.If your home fries aren’t coming out well-browned and crunchy…that’s your fault. Mine are crispy, crunchy and well tanned. It just takes a good skillet, time and lots of love. Take some love away from your kids, if you have to, and put it into your home fries, they deserve it and they don’t leave dirty clothes on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hash-browns-or-home-fries/664210/63 "2013-07-23T22:36:22Z")
And speaking of onions, they need much more representation in just about any recipe in which they are a part. My rule of thumb is that onions should comprise 50% by volume against meat (eg. Chilli, Shepard’s pie, etc), potatoes (eg. home fries), or egg (eg. Scrambled, omelet, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hash-browns-or-home-fries/664210/64 "2013-07-23T23:19:50Z")
Hash browned potatoes. Those American/country/home fries are just the same potato chunks you get at dinner. They’re lazy too. Checking the Wiki article on this, I see a large flat tater tot labeled “hash browns in patty form.” That is not what hash browns are. Latkes isn’t quite right either. [Denny’s](https://www.google.com/search?q=denny's+hash+browns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=TQ_vUanTF6m4yQHEtoHgDQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1108&bih=650). That’s hash browned potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hash-browns-or-home-fries/664210/65 "2013-07-23T23:37:31Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > No love for the [tattie scone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_scone)? That would be my choice. Sometimes I’ll make [bacon floddies,](http://www.food.com/recipe/bacon-floddies-19168) but they’re a bit of a faff at breakfast time. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hash-browns-or-home-fries/664210/66 "2013-07-24T03:39:05Z")
If I’m eating now its hash browns, quick easy with a steamed egg on top. Otherwise I slow cook home fries with leftover stuff from the fridge. While out, it’s Hash Browns with Fancy Mustard. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hash-browns-or-home-fries/664210/67 "2013-07-24T03:47:29Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > [Denny’s](https://www.google.com/search?q=denny's+hash+browns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=TQ_vUanTF6m4yQHEtoHgDQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1108&bih=650). That’s hash browned potatoes. Adequate, but not quite there yet. [Waffle House.](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1152&bih=683&q=waffle+house+hash+browns&oq=waffle+house+hash+browns&gs_l=img.3..0l2j0i24j0i10i24j0i24l6.3828.9656.0.9984.24.19.0.5.5.0.234.2811.0j17j2.19.0....0...1ac.1.22.img..0.24.2982.jjSLD99jsA0) Now them’s some hash browns! Give them to me smothered, covered, chunked, diced, peppered, capped and country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hash-browns-or-home-fries/664210.md?page=3)