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made with shredded frozen hash browns, sour cream, a ton of cheese and either cream of chicken soup or cream of celery soup if you're vegetarian, they're "comfort food" that's most typically found in the Midwest, the South and in Utah, where Mormons often make them for the meal served after a funeral, which is why some folks call them "funeral potatoes". I thought we had the recipe in the family cookbook, as I remember eating these at family gatherings as early as the 90s, but I couldn't find it, so I just used this recipe: I did two things differently; first, instead of onion powder, I added some diced onions because that's how our family has always done it (I might try it some time with just the onion powder, as I don't really like onions, and the ones I used this time were STRONG). And second, on Christmas Eve night, I mixed everything together minus the cornflake topping and then stuck the casserole in the fridge overnight. Then on Christmas morning, I added the cornflake topping and baked the potatoes. That was the day I had them with scrambled eggs; when Mom hosted Christmas breakfast for Dad's family at our house, in addition to a ton of pastries, we always had eggs personally scrambled by Dad (even though he doesn't do anything special to them, his scrambled eggs are the BEST) and the d@mn holiday potatoes, which were usually brought by an aunt or cousin.