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    I hate to disagree with my esteemed sister, but Home Fries are cubes of potato fried in a pan or on a griddle with various and sundry things added in, onions, bacon, peppers, etc.

    Hash Browns are shredded potatoes fried on a grill.

    The things McD's sells as hash browns are oversized 'tater tots.
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    http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/home...000524064/?k=1Here's a photo that came up when I googled Home Fries....Looks like steak fries or home made french fries to me. I have never heard of home fries.

    Perhaps it is a regional thing...like supper vs dinner. Where I come from a drinking fountain or water cooler is called "a bubbler". The utensil used to remove a piece of cake or pie is called...logically "a taker."

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    Yea I am with the others who say that home fries are another name for steak fries. That is what I think of when I hear home fries.

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    It must be regional. "Home fries" are not french fries at all here. "Home fries" are either shredded or cubed bits of potatoe served usually with breakfast type meals.

    I like them all. Even McDonald's hash browns!

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    It's obviously an area thing. Just like pop versus soda. I never heard anyone say pop until I moved to Oregon. I had no idea what they were talking about.
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    I think of sliced potatoes that have a nice ccrunchy edge from being in the frying pan but the interior is soft. Hashbrowns are hashbrowns, a completely different food.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic View Post
    It must be regional. "Home fries" are not french fries at all here. "Home fries" are either shredded or cubed bits of potatoe served usually with breakfast type meals.

    I like them all. Even McDonald's hash browns!
    I love McDonald's hash browns. Their breakfast food is my guilty pleasure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human View Post
    I hate to disagree with my esteemed sister, but Home Fries are cubes of potato fried in a pan or on a griddle with various and sundry things added in, onions, bacon, peppers, etc.

    Hash Browns are shredded potatoes fried on a grill.

    The things McD's sells as hash browns are oversized 'tater tots.
    Thank you!!! And totally agree with you on the Mic D's being oversized tater tots. As far as driving, I don't drive.
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    I learned a long time ago and in cooking for people from all over the USA on those boats, that different people call the same things different names.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human View Post
    I hate to disagree with my esteemed sister, but Home Fries are cubes of potato fried in a pan or on a griddle with various and sundry things added in, onions, bacon, peppers, etc.
    I didn't know those were called home fries. I understand home fries to be long, rectangularly cut deep-fried potatoes. (Like oversized French fries) But I'd like a big serving of the LH version of home fries, please! No bacon in mine, though. Do I put some oil or butter in the pan before I saute it? Do I start with cooked potatoes and how big should the cubes be?
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    To make the best home fries, I think you need to start with cooked potatoes, though it is hard to handle them. Maybe partially cook them. And, use a press to absorb some of the water, or drain them. And, use a heavy duty cast iron skillet. I like them 'well done' (i.e., burnt). Throw in some onion, OO, and just fry them. Never really taste the same.

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    I use cooked potatoes, preferably cooled, then saute in the aforementioned heavy cast iron frying pan with onions, butter, and peppers, with just a touch of paprika, salt and pepper. Fry them until they're well browned.

    Goes really well with an omelet. When I really cook breakfast, it takes me a while.
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