History
Originally, the full name was 'hashed brown potatoes' (or 'hashed browned potatoes'), of which the first known mention is by food author Maria Parloa (1843–1909) in 1888. The name was gradually shortened to 'hash brown potatoes' until the most common name had become simply 'hash browns' around 1970 (although the shortened name was used in media as early as 1959, by the main character in the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone). Some claim that hash browns may have developed out of rösti, the Swiss farmer's breakfast dish. If a dish of hash browned potatoes incorporates corned beef, chopped meat, leftovers, or other vegetables it is more commonly referred to as hash or bubble and squeak, a dish that became popular in war-time Britain.
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