Hash (food)
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Hash is a mixture of beef (often leftovers of corned beef or roast beef), onions, potatoes, and spices that are mashed together into a coarse, chunky paste and then cooked either alone, or with other ingredients.
In the United Kingdom it is eaten for lunch or dinner and, in certain parts, celebration of Ash Wednesday involves the ritual serving and eating of hash.
In Denmark hash is known in Danish as "biksemad" (roughly translated, "tossed together food"), and it is a traditional leftover dish usually served with a fried egg, bearnaise sauce, pickled red beet slices and ketchup. The meat is usually pork, and the mixture is not mashed together into a paste, but rather the ingredients are coarsely diced and readily discerneable in its cooked form.
In Sweden there is a version of hash called pyttipanna. It is similar to the Danish version, but usually served without sauce.
In the southern United States hash is a blend of leftover pork from a barbecue mixed with barbecue sauce and served over rice.
See also: Hash brown
[edit] External links
- Hormel.com - The website of a popular canned hash manufacturer
- Vanee Foods Company - manufacturer of corned beef hash for the foodservice industry
- 'Hashed Beef, Plain' at The Household Cyclopedia - A recipe for hashed beef from an 1800s cookbook
- Sandanavian Hash (Biksemad) recipe
