I really love REAL 'potato scallops' (Oz) - they have a fraction of the fat of the now ubiquitous 'Yank Hash Brown', but they seem to be a dying tradition here. What IS available when on the menu, is mostly some sort of 'mass manufactured' thingie with negligible batter - unlike the thick crunchy batter covered real slabs of massive potatoes of my youth... :-(

I can remember when they would always be in the 'take away hot box' for less than 40 cents, now they are nearly $1.00 each...