Breakfast Hash Browns with Egg

A classic that you can make for two people for under $2 in less time than it takes to drive to McDonald's. Ingredients: butter or lard three potatoes onion salt & pepper egg optional: garnish (I used a piece of basil for the photo) Put a large cast iron skillet on the stove and turn the heat on medium. Now get your ingredients ready: Rinse three potatoes, and cut them in half, lay the cut sides down. Cut each half into thin slices and hold each slice in place as you go, don't let it fall apart into pieces, (like when you cut an onion so you don't cry from the exposed flesh giving off fumes that make your eyes tear up). Now turn the halves 90º and repeat the slicing. You'll wind up with nice matchstick pieces in just a few minutes. Do the same to your onion. Put two tablespoons of butter or lard (not the kind with preservatives, get it from a local farmer) in your skillet and put the potatoes and onion in. Stir it like a stir fry for half a minute, then go make your coffee or tea. Read the news for five minutes, stir it again. It'll cook fast because you sliced everything thin and small, it's all about surface area (chemistry class, woo!): the more surface area, the faster things cook. :) When your potatoes are soft enough to eat, take them from the pan and put them on a plate. Now crack an egg in your pan, and cook it how you like it, scrambled or fried. When it's done, put it on top or to the side of your potatoes and sprinkle with salt and pepper if desired. Enjoy!