Name: Who Hash
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 2 (15 ounce) cans diced white potatoes, drained; 1 (12 ounce) can fully cooked luncheon meat (such as SPAM®), diced; 1/2 onion, chopped

Who Hash

"This super easy dish was one we often had while camping as kids. My sister and I loved it. Many years later, I was challenged to come up with a dish to bring to my sister's for Christmas brunch. I was inspired and made our camper's hash. To justify this humble dish's appearance at Christmas, I called it 'Who Hash,' and a tradition was born. We must have it EVERY Christmas morning. The name of this dish came from a line in Dr. Seuss' 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' where it is described that the Grinch stole everything in the Who's house, 'the Grinch even took their last can of Who hash.'"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients

Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Who Hash

4 servings

Prep5 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 (15 ounce) cans diced white potatoes, drained
1 (12 ounce) can fully cooked luncheon meat (such as SPAM®), diced
1/2 onion, chopped

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

324Calories

6 gProtein

14 gFat

47 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Meat	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + meattop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together786 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Meat + oniontop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together6,364 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, meat):

Asparagusfits about as well
Onionthe original
Mustardfits about as well
Chivefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, meat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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