shredded potato, fried in a pan or grilled (at larger diners). often with seasonings like onion. the hurricane cafe in seattle serves unlimited hash brown refills with your breakfast order!

When you step into a Waffle House, your hash browns are available with the following ways:

Scattered - in a pile, not a cake.
Smothered - with onions.
Covered - with cheese.
Chunked - with chunks of ham.
Topped - with Bert's Famous Chili.
Diced - with diced tomato bits.
Peppered - with jalapeno peppers.

You can also have a "double" which is twice as much of everything you order. When the cute waitress calls them out in code, these are the words she uses, and they are always done in this order of precedence. For example, two waffles with a double order of hashbrowns, with chili, cheese, and onions, in the scattered fashion, is called out "Two on (waffle iron number), double order scattered smothered covered topped."