If you shred the potatoes as halostatue mentions, I suggest sprinkling them with salt and squeezing the liquid out in a colander before frying them (you'll be a

If you shred the potatoes as halostatue mentions, I suggest sprinkling them with salt and squeezing the liquid out in a colander before frying them (you'll be amazed at how much water is released). Also, I prefer to cook them in a well heated cast iron skillet. You can forget about them and flip them once, keeping things simple.