How do YOU make crispy hash browns?

I visit this website almost daily. It's great for meal ideas. Simply Recipes

The debate usually begins like this.

ME: Dad, how do you make your hash browns turn out so crispy? They're so good.
DAD: Use a potato ricer. It's the only thing I've found that really gets the moisture out of the potatoes. The trick to these hash browns is to get rid of as much moisture as possible before cooking them.
MOM: I always used paper towels to press out the moisture.
DAD: Your hash browns are mushy.
MOM: I made this family hash browns for forty years and you never complained. They're perfectly fine.
DAD: They were mushy.
MOM: You ate them!
DAD: Yes I did. And they were mushy.
(and the debate continues as I quietly leave the room.)

Mom's hash browns are mushy. Tasty, edible, yummy, but still mushy. They aren't as good as dad's, and that is just a fact. Here's how dad makes his hash browns.

thats funny stuff, only a couple that has been together that long could argue that way. have to check out the site later

the trick to crispy has browns is this......... boil the potatos with the skins on first. Then drain them and allow them to cool. Once they are cooled off use the backside of a butterknife blade to peel them and after that you shred them. Finally you cook them to a nice golden brown . Ta-da !!!