Hash(ed) Brown(s) (Potatoes)

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Fri Jul 28 21:03:01 UTC 2006


And, as usual, Charlie, I agree with you. I've always made the same assumption.

-Wilson

On 7/28/06, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> I'd always supposed that the full, spelled-out form would read "hash-browned potatoes"!
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> --Charlie
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> >"Hash browns" were served in the Dominican Republic, so I thought I'd re-check "hash(ed) brown potatoes."
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