My Own Private Idaho

So yesterday, in honor of civil rights, we had our annual civil rights breakfast. On the menu was french toast and hash browns. This was our first attempt at hash browns and they turned out much better than expected.

We used this recipe:

4 medium sized potatoes peeled
2 tablespoons finely chopped onions
1/2 teaspoon salt
ground pepper

First, you put the potatoes through a food processor or grade them in a cheese grater on one of the larger settings
Second, boil the potatoes (shedded) until they can easily be penetrated with a fork

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl
Put in a non-stick skillet with three tablespoons of oil (recipe recommends vegetable oil, we used olive oil)
Make into a large cake in the skillet, press down with spatula
Cook 15 minutes, when the cake starts to get a nice crust on the bottom, split it in half. Use two spatulas to turn each side over. (We at least tried to do that, but some of it turned into more of a "hash". I guess that's a good thing).

These were as good or better than you would get at your favorite breakfast place.