Making homemade hash browns

[crp]

Thanks David, always a pleasure.

[dkh0331]

[keefsama2003]

I like to partially boil my potatoes then cube them
while the potatoes are boiling chop up an onion and a red / green pepper

once the potatoes are all nicely cubed and partially boiled i add them to a frying pan with 1 stick unsalted butter and add a little Adobo and Sason

spanish seasonings then i finish cooking on low- med heat until the onions are nice and carmalized and the peppers are soft and the potatoes are finished cooking. usually put a cover over the pan if if there are more potatoes than butter had 1/2 tsp of EVOO.

goes great with scrambled eggs / sausage / home made biscuits

[dc]

Originally posted by MarkS
Aw. I feel so bad...





NOT!

Awww, you didn't know did you? I can't ignore you, I drew the short straw..

[xxaquanutxx]

Originally posted by JokerGirl
using hydrogenated oils.

That is VERY VERY VERY bad for you... I am a health nut, sorry :0)

[xxaquanutxx]

My dad used used to slice them in thin rounds and fry with onions, salt and black pepper... Darn good! I guess that is the Canadian Mountain way of doing it. Thats my Dad, Canadian Mountain man!

[JokerGirl]

Originally posted by xxaquanutxx
That is VERY VERY VERY bad for you... I am a health nut, sorry :0)

Do you know why hydrogenated oils are so bad for you? (and please don't say because they contain trans fats)

[dc]

You can always use bacon grease...

[der_wille_zur_macht]

Originally posted by JokerGirl
Do you know why hydrogenated oils are so bad for you?

Because they contain one or more long-chain hydrocarbons with a terminal carboxyl group!

And everyone knows that the lipase enzyme is ineffective at breaking down such molecules, hence they stay in the bloodstream much longer and can more readily contribute to arterial deposition and subsequent plaque formation - hence contributing to coronary heart disease.

Also, trans fats interfere with delta 6 desaturase, the enzyme involved in converting essential fatty acids to arachidonic acid and prostaglandins, both of which are important to the functioning of liver cells.

[xxaquanutxx]

Originally posted by JokerGirl
Do you know why hydrogenated oils are so bad for you? (and please don't say because they contain trans fats)

Your body cant break them down. Amongst a couple other reasons.

[JokerGirl]

Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht
Because they contain one or more long-chain hydrocarbons with a terminal carboxyl group!

And everyone knows that the lipase enzyme is ineffective at breaking down such molecules, hence they stay in the bloodstream much longer and can more readily contribute to arterial deposition and subsequent plaque formation - hence contributing to coronary heart disease.

Also, trans fats interfere with delta 6 desaturase, the enzyme involved in converting essential fatty acids to arachidonic acid and prostaglandins, both of which are important to the functioning of liver cells.

Darn you!!! Stole my chocolate thundaaaaaaaaa

[der_wille_zur_macht]

Mwahahahahaha! Now I'm going to abuse your Chocolate Thunder by printing his image on corny* t-shirts!









*The corn used in making these t-shirts contains less than 1 gram of trans fats per serving.

[Foogoo]

How long do you cook the potatoes for beforehand?

[der_wille_zur_macht]

The Chocolate Thunder doesn't like no potatoes!

[JokerGirl]

CHOCOLATE THUNDAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[der_wille_zur_macht]

Yeah, that.

[afelder]

Originally posted by MarkS
Didn't I just post that!?! Don't no one read nothin' around here? Sheesh!

My first post in the lounge and I have already been mocked I feel so welcomed I thought it would take much longer than that to be accepted into the tribe. Good thing I don't have any feelings to hurt

[der_wille_zur_macht]

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

[kfisc]

Hijacked thread!



Grits!!!!!!

[dc]

Grits is good.

[Foogoo]

Looked and tasted much better than the gray mush I used to get! But is there an effective way of drying the grated potato? I used paper towels, which wasn't really effective.

[afelder]

Put paper towels on top of newspaper it should help a lot

[dc]

Or use a salad spinner. They look like they turned out pretty good.

[Foogoo]

I will try the newspaper idea! I'm going to hold off on the salad spinner as I have enough junk in my kitchen already. For those, I was using a good 4-6 sheets of paper towels for each hash, and not store brand paper towels either!

[Aussie_hippie_2]

Wow, when I first read that title I thought it said "hash brownies". I got so excited! I also thought it was rather progressive for a fish board lol