HASH? Memories of childhood during the depression years come back.

POOR MAN'S HASH

1 can Fray Bentos ('corned beef')
Two potatoes chopped
1 onion chopped
Fresh green chiles
Bacon grease

Put a bit of bacon grease in a heavy iron skillet (on hot eye)
Add corned beef
Mush up the corned beef, allowing it to *burn a bit
(Now gentrified to *caramelization).
Add salt and pepper
Add chopped onion and stir in well
Add chopped potatoes
Move skillet to a less hot eye
Mix well and let cook until potatoes are done.
Serve from skillet to plates
Add chopped medium-hot green chilies as garnish

That's as best as I remember it.