Category Archives: Hash

Jul 18 2 comments
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Hash: The Bacon Edition

This week’s hash is a trifecta of bacon, inspired by the bacon sausage sold at Uli’s Famous Sausage in Pike Place Market. We went a litte sausage crazy there, and my eyes about popped out of my head when I saw the bacon sausage. I knew immediately that it would be going into hash.

Bacon shows up again in the cheese. I think it’s made locally, but unfortunately the label on the cheese disappeared long ago and I can’t remember who makes it.

Last but not least, pure unadulterated bacon was cooked and then pulverized to make a bacon “powder” to use as a garnish.  A gloriously greasy garnish.

Mushrooms, potatoes, eggs, and a beautiful yellow oregano complete the dish. I totally overcooked the eggs, AGAIN…I make myself crazy sometimes. You would think that I would not forget that I have something under the broiler.  But I walk off to go do something else…la la la…tasty bacon bacon bacon hash anyway. Add your hash to the flick pool!

“Mmm…bacon.”

-Homer Simpson

Jul 11 2 comments
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Cuban Pork Hash

I have been saving this recipe for a while now, mainly because it had “hash” in the title. It’s from Saveur magazine, which I LOVE and highly
recommend reading. I am always a little leery when a savory recipe calls for cinnamon and cloves. I have a hard time divorcing those flavors from the holiday items I was raised on…sweet things like pumpkin pie, apple cider and spice cakes.

Ground pork from local Oakland Bay Farm, The very first of the potatoes from the Wendell Berry Garden, green olives, spices, tomatoes and toasted almonds. Served on a fried corn tortilla and topped with an egg. I halved the recipe, but at the end I um…forgot…and added the entire tablespoon of red wine vinegar. It was too much and while Jeffery didn’t mind one bit, it was overpowering to me. Lesson learned!

Thou shalt wield vinegar with with a light hand.

Jul 04 0 comments
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Independent Hash

I tried to do a red, white and blue theme for today’s hash, but I couldn’t find blue potatoes! That would have been so cool..blue potatoes, white goat cheese and ketchup. Oh well! Instead we have red potatoes, onions, bacon, cheddar cheese and a perfectly gooey egg – and ketchup of course. There can be no hash without ketchup (at least most of the time).

I have started a flickr group for hash where you can feel free to get your hash on. I think that the best tasting hashes are the ones that look like a dog’s breakfast, like this one. It’s just a pile of glory.

Jun 27 2 comments
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Hash: Now we’re gettin’ fancy

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This is a potato, carrot and zucchini pancake “nest” recipe from the April 2009 issue of Better Homes and Gardens. I added bacon (of course) and used the beautiful red lettuce from this week’s garden harvest, as well as the mustard flowers that are in bloom.

Have you had a mustard flower? They are absolutely wonderful in that spicy, horseradishy, mustard…way. I am totally going to grow mustard next year. I like the greens, but I LOVE the flowers!

Oh…p.s. The recipe says to cook for 10-12 minutes, or until eggs are set. In my oven, 10 minutes was waaaaaay too long. The eggs were indeed set. I like a runny, gooey egg so I am thinking perhaps only 5 minutes for next time, so keep an eye on the time depending on how you like your egg.

Jun 20 3 comments
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Hash: The Father’s Day Edition

Father's day hash
The ultimate in what a hash made from leftovers can be: perhaps not the prettiest, or easiest to eat (Jeffery’s criticism) but man it was tasty. Sweet potato fries, leftover belgua lentil chili, feta and a poached egg. Tabasco sauce added with wild abandon.

Happy Father’s Day!!