Re: hash browns in coconut oil/bacon grease

[Guest guest]

I love bacon grease! I make pancakes and omlets using bacon grease! My

husbands doctor cousin can't believe both our cholesterol levels are below

200!!

At 03:47 PM 8/15/02, you wrote:

> >

> >Hash browns ... food of the gods ... who need donuts?

> >

> >>i don't recall if you mentioned this, but what do you add to the grated

> >>potato to hold it together?

> >

> >I mix the grated potatos in a bowl with turmeric, salt, and cayenne. Then

> >plop them in the pan. I do

> >the eggs on the side (runny yolks, hard whites, NT correct, I thik). The

> >white potatoes hold themselves

> >together with starch (you might need to press on them a bit).

>

>My dearly departed Oklahoma grandma made the best hash browns, and the only

>thing I see that is really different from her recipe and yours is she used

>bacon

>grease. In my folks home and hers, there was always one old coffee can filled

>with bacon drippings, waiting to be added to various dishes.

>

>Mike E

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