When I was little my mother would occasionally refer to someone ‘making a hash of a situation’.  It was a British colloquialism meaning ‘to make a mess’ or generally be clumsy in dealing with something.  It was only later in life that I made the connection with the culinary term ‘hash’ which broadly speaking is a muddle of skillet-fried chopped meat, potatoes and vegetables.  This collision of thrown-together ingredients may be haphazard and unmeasured but rest assured the end result is a deliberate and wholly satisfying all-in-one meal.