If you want fried potatoes, fry some potatoes.
Hash-browns are an unwelcome invader of the breakfast-plate.
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Newington, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 14:24,
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They are exactly potatoes.
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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Tue 26 Aug 2008, 14:30,
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They've been mashed up and mixed with god-knows-what and imprisoned in some KFC-style handling-case.
Potatoes come in perfectly good potatoes. You can even slice them. There's no need for pre-processing of breakfast foods, except for the curing of bacon, which Yanks can't get right either.
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Newington, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 14:33,
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Also, potatoes have no business being frozen, ever.
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LimeyTreat Bitch. Lover. Child. Mother. Sinner. Saint., Tue 26 Aug 2008, 14:35,
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They're shredded potatoes.
I'm pretty sure, because I shredded a potato.
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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Tue 26 Aug 2008, 14:36,
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