Originally Posted by
corky
A friend suggested using frozen hash browns. I think that would work as long as you squeezed all of the water out of them like I would do after shredding potatoes ( put them in a dish towel and squeeze the liquid out). I also add some grated onion and sometimes a little dill. When my parents were alive I would always make them for Christmas dinner to go along with the prime rib. We are a big carb family so we would have yorkshire pudding too. And pierogies.
That's exactly how I prep homemade hash browns. And I put onions in my hash browns as well. Interesting how similar they are. That sounds like a wonderful Christmas dinner! Prime rib was my Dad's Christmas day specialty when he was still alive. My wife's grandparents immigrated from Latvia, so they still carry many of those traditions. One is a Latvian pierogi, which differs from the Polish kind in that instead of a wonton-like wrapper it has a real bread wrapper, and they're baked of course. They're apparently a pain to make, but make an appearance at every holiday get-together or celebration. Funny enough though, they had no idea what Yorkshire pudding was until about a week ago when I described it to them.
I'm really looking forward to keeping an eye on this thread from the 24th - Jan 1!