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I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
different recipes out!
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| Brian Christiansen |
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On 12 Nov 2005 18:40:40 -0800, "Brit"
<bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>different recipes out!
I don't know if you are a vegetarian or not, but I
think they go really well with ham (mashed sweet
potatoes with ham, regular mashed potatoes with
roast beef). The following page:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/sho...6_27757,00.html
from "good eats" on the food network. I have made
the pie and the mashed sweet potatoes, and I think
both are real good. The waffles look real good
too, but I cannot say for sure as I have not made
them.
Brian Christiansen
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sat 12 Nov 2005 07:40:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brit?
> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
> different recipes out!
My favorite way of eating sweet potatoes is roasted slow and long, then
served with a glob of butter.
My favorite way to serve them for a holiday meal is candied with thin lemon
slices, using granulated sugar, butter, and orange juice, with a light
sprinkling of cinnamon and nutmeg.
I don't care for savory preparations of sweet potatoes.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| JeanineAlyse |
Brit wrote:
> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
> different recipes out!
My favorite way of late is to peel the "sweetie" to them cut into
lengthwise quarters, set this into an oval oven dish (that I also serve
a regular baked spud in), cover with foil and bake (375 degrees for 60
minutes). Serve chunked up and with butter, salt & pepper.
Picky
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| Chris |
"Brit" <bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1131849640.510551.275940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
> different recipes out!
>
I tried this the other night. Peel a few sweet potatoes, and cut up into
chunks - 1.5" or so. Toss w/ some olive oil; sprinkle with kosher salt,
some thyme (the orig recipe from epicurious stated fresh, but I didn't have
it, and found that dried worked fine), and a 1/2 tsp. of crushed hot dried
red pepper flakes. Oh! And 3 or 4 cloves of garlic, minced. Toss it all
together in the bowl. Throw into a 9x13" pan and roast, uncovered, in a 450
degree oven (put the rack up high!) for about 30-40 minutes, shaking the pan
a few times.
Chris
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| George |
Brit wrote:
> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
> different recipes out!
>
It is really hard to beat the simplicity and great taste you get by
roasting them (wash and put on oven rack). Then get a caramelized layer
under the skin and all you need to do is peel and eat.
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| Shawn Hirn |
In article <1131849640.510551.275940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Brit" <bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
> different recipes out!
My favorite is the simplest. Baked sweet potatoes are one of life's
simple pleasures. Baked sweet potatoes are great when served with a
sprinkle of brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and plenty of butter.
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| Pandora |
"Shawn Hirn" <srhi@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:srhi-2A84E3.08055413112005@news.giganews.com...
> In article <1131849640.510551.275940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> "Brit" <bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>> different recipes out!
>
> My favorite is the simplest. Baked sweet potatoes are one of life's
> simple pleasures. Baked sweet potatoes are great when served with a
> sprinkle of brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and plenty of butter.
We rarely find sweet potatoes that we call "patate americane" (=americans
potatoes).
I would like to taste them! Are they very sweet as they say?
Cheers
Pandora
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:12:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Pandora?
>
> "Shawn Hirn" <srhi@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:srhi-2A84E3.08055413112005@news.giganews.com...
>> In article <1131849640.510551.275940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>> "Brit" <bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>> different recipes out!
>>
>> My favorite is the simplest. Baked sweet potatoes are one of life's
>> simple pleasures. Baked sweet potatoes are great when served with a
>> sprinkle of brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and plenty of butter.
>
> We rarely find sweet potatoes that we call "patate americane" (=americans
> potatoes).
> I would like to taste them! Are they very sweet as they say?
> Cheers
> Pandora
The sweetness can vary with the variety and growing conditions but, yes,
they have a sweetness unlike any other potato. Not to the level of a
desert, but definitely sweet. I don't believe sweet potatoes are even
related to white potatoes.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| Julia Altshuler |
Brit wrote:
> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
> different recipes out!
I don't know if I would call this a recipe, but my favorite way of
eating them is to bake them until they're nice and soft inside, then
continue baking them another 1 hour after that. The idea is to get them
soft, smooth, almost caramel sweet, without burning. I don't know if my
1 hour guess is correct. Some people wrap them in foil which makes it
easier to prevent them from burning, but to my mind, that also makes
them syrupy wet. I'm looking for dry and concentrated sweet.
A variation on the same idea is to bake the sweet potatoes until soft,
then add eggs, milk, a little sugar, spices, pour into pie crust and
bake the pie. I think I posted a recipe for coconut-sweet potato pie
once. If you like, I'll look for it and repost.
--Lia
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| Phred |
In article <Xns970CCC627F57Bwaynesgang@217.22.228.19>, Wayne Boatwright <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>On Sat 12 Nov 2005 07:40:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brit?
>
>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>> different recipes out!
>
>My favorite way of eating sweet potatoes is roasted slow and long, then
>served with a glob of butter.
But ya gotta get that crisp "skin" around 'em when roasted.
[Though I admit I'm thinking of the feral type we had around here when
I was a kid. It had a slight greenish tinge to the flesh when cooked,
unlike the bloody orangy commercial varieties one sees now days.]
>My favorite way to serve them for a holiday meal is candied with thin lemon
>slices, using granulated sugar, butter, and orange juice, with a light
>sprinkling of cinnamon and nutmeg.
>
>I don't care for savory preparations of sweet potatoes.
Cheers, Phred.
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:46:34a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Julia
Altshuler?
> Brit wrote:
>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>> different recipes out!
>
>
> I don't know if I would call this a recipe, but my favorite way of
> eating them is to bake them until they're nice and soft inside, then
> continue baking them another 1 hour after that. The idea is to get them
> soft, smooth, almost caramel sweet, without burning. I don't know if my
> 1 hour guess is correct. Some people wrap them in foil which makes it
> easier to prevent them from burning, but to my mind, that also makes
> them syrupy wet. I'm looking for dry and concentrated sweet.
The perfect way to roast them!
> A variation on the same idea is to bake the sweet potatoes until soft,
> then add eggs, milk, a little sugar, spices, pour into pie crust and
> bake the pie. I think I posted a recipe for coconut-sweet potato pie
> once. If you like, I'll look for it and repost.
Also delicious!
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| Pandora |
"Wayne Boatwright" <waynesgang@waynes.gang> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:Xns970D416D0F65Awaynesgang@217.22.228.19...
> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:12:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Pandora?
>
>>
>> "Shawn Hirn" <srhi@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
>> news:srhi-2A84E3.08055413112005@news.giganews.com...
>>> In article <1131849640.510551.275940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>>> "Brit" <bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>>>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>>> different recipes out!
>>>
>>> My favorite is the simplest. Baked sweet potatoes are one of life's
>>> simple pleasures. Baked sweet potatoes are great when served with a
>>> sprinkle of brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and plenty of butter.
>>
>> We rarely find sweet potatoes that we call "patate americane" (=americans
>> potatoes).
>> I would like to taste them! Are they very sweet as they say?
>> Cheers
>> Pandora
>
> The sweetness can vary with the variety and growing conditions but, yes,
> they have a sweetness unlike any other potato. Not to the level of a
> desert, but definitely sweet. I don't believe sweet potatoes are even
> related to white potatoes.
We can't find good potatoes, here. I don't know! Perhaps it is because
fertilizer!
I remember that when I was young, potatoes were much more good and much
more hard. We bought fresh potatoes to the market and we roasted them. They
were paradisiac in taste and in consistence. Now, potatoes are soft and
tasteless.
I always buy pre-fried potatoes which are gooder! perhaps it is becaus of
industry of fried potatoes.
And I want to say another thing: we plant potatoes, but when I cook them,
they aren't good potatoes (they are soft, always soft:(((( ). So I think
this: is the atmosphere too bad for our vegetables and plants?
Cheers
Pandora
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
> _____________________________________________
>
> A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:55:27a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Phred?
> In article <Xns970CCC627F57Bwaynesgang@217.22.228.19>, Wayne Boatwright
> <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>>On Sat 12 Nov 2005 07:40:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brit?
>>
>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>> different recipes out!
>>
>>My favorite way of eating sweet potatoes is roasted slow and long, then
>>served with a glob of butter.
>
> But ya gotta get that crisp "skin" around 'em when roasted.
> [Though I admit I'm thinking of the feral type we had around here when
> I was a kid. It had a slight greenish tinge to the flesh when cooked,
> unlike the bloody orangy commercial varieties one sees now days.]
Never heard or seen greenish flesh in a sweet potato. Must just be
downunder. :-) Crisp skin? No, when roasted long and slow, the sugars
caramelize under the skin, the skin soft and mellow.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sun 13 Nov 2005 07:04:26a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Pandora?
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" <waynesgang@waynes.gang> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:Xns970D416D0F65Awaynesgang@217.22.228.19...
>> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:12:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>> Pandora?
>>
>>>
>>> "Shawn Hirn" <srhi@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
>>> news:srhi-2A84E3.08055413112005@news.giganews.com...
>>>> In article <1131849640.510551.275940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>>>> "Brit" <bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes.
>>>>> Does anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>>>> different recipes out!
>>>>
>>>> My favorite is the simplest. Baked sweet potatoes are one of life's
>>>> simple pleasures. Baked sweet potatoes are great when served with a
>>>> sprinkle of brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and plenty of butter.
>>>
>>> We rarely find sweet potatoes that we call "patate americane"
>>> (=americans potatoes). I would like to taste them! Are they very sweet
>>> as they say? Cheers
>>> Pandora
>>
>> The sweetness can vary with the variety and growing conditions but,
>> yes, they have a sweetness unlike any other potato. Not to the level
>> of a desert, but definitely sweet. I don't believe sweet potatoes are
>> even related to white potatoes.
>
> We can't find good potatoes, here. I don't know! Perhaps it is because
> fertilizer!
> I remember that when I was young, potatoes were much more good and much
> more hard. We bought fresh potatoes to the market and we roasted them.
> They were paradisiac in taste and in consistence. Now, potatoes are soft
> and tasteless.
> I always buy pre-fried potatoes which are gooder! perhaps it is becaus
> of industry of fried potatoes.
> And I want to say another thing: we plant potatoes, but when I cook
> them, they aren't good potatoes (they are soft, always soft:(((( ). So
> I think this: is the atmosphere too bad for our vegetables and plants?
> Cheers
> Pandora
That's too bad that you can't get good potatoes. Perhaps it's the soil.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________
A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| Phred |
In article <Xns970D416D0F65Awaynesgang@217.22.228.19>, Wayne Boatwright <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:12:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Pandora?
[snip]
>> We rarely find sweet potatoes that we call "patate americane" (=americans
>> potatoes). I would like to taste them! Are they very sweet as they say?
>
>The sweetness can vary with the variety and growing conditions but, yes,
>they have a sweetness unlike any other potato. Not to the level of a
>desert, but definitely sweet. I don't believe sweet potatoes are even
>related to white potatoes.
Yeah, spuds are _Solanum tuberosum_ in the family Solanaceae, which
includes other edibles (tomatoes), drugs (tobacco), and a scary lot of
rather toxic plants.
Got me buggered how come we're allowed to eat the bloody things! In
our modern risk-averse society they would undoubtedly be banned if
someone was silly enough to try to sell them as a new food product!
"Precautionary principle" and all that...
Sweet bucks are _Ipomoea batatas_ in the family Convolvulaceae (think
Morning Glory). One can find poisonous species in this family too,
but I suspect the Solanaceae would win. (Mind you, neither can hold a
candle to the Leguminoseae (beans and peas) when it comes to seriously
toxic plants. You have been warned. ;-)
Cheers, Phred.
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| Pandora |
"Julia Altshuler" <jaltshuler@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:H5qdne2lhI4n3ureRVn-ug@comcast.com...
> Brit wrote:
>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>> different recipes out!
>
>
> I don't know if I would call this a recipe, but my favorite way of eating
> them is to bake them until they're nice and soft inside, then continue
> baking them another 1 hour after that. The idea is to get them soft,
> smooth, almost caramel sweet, without burning. I don't know if my 1 hour
> guess is correct. Some people wrap them in foil which makes it easier to
> prevent them from burning, but to my mind, that also makes them syrupy
> wet. I'm looking for dry and concentrated sweet.
>
>
> A variation on the same idea is to bake the sweet potatoes until soft,
> then add eggs, milk, a little sugar, spices, pour into pie crust and bake
> the pie. I think I posted a recipe for coconut-sweet potato pie once. If
> you like, I'll look for it and repost.
Yes!!! Repost!!!!!!
pan
>
>
> --Lia
>
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| Phred |
In article <Xns970D486F0BD38waynesgang@217.22.228.19>, Wayne Boatwright <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:55:27a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Phred?
>
>> In article <Xns970CCC627F57Bwaynesgang@217.22.228.19>, Wayne Boatwright
>> <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>>>On Sat 12 Nov 2005 07:40:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brit?
>>>
>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>>>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>>> different recipes out!
>>>
>>>My favorite way of eating sweet potatoes is roasted slow and long, then
>>>served with a glob of butter.
>>
>> But ya gotta get that crisp "skin" around 'em when roasted.
>> [Though I admit I'm thinking of the feral type we had around here when
>> I was a kid. It had a slight greenish tinge to the flesh when cooked,
>> unlike the bloody orangy commercial varieties one sees now days.]
>
>Never heard or seen greenish flesh in a sweet potato. Must just be
>downunder. :-) Crisp skin? No, when roasted long and slow, the sugars
>caramelize under the skin, the skin soft and mellow.
Not "skin" as in skin. (That's why I used the quotes. :) We peel the
things *before* cooking. The "skin" I mentioned is the dried outer
layer of the flesh from the roasting process. I suspect our
"greenish" ferals are the pre-european land races that were grown in
PNG and/or other Pacific Islands.
Cheers, Phred.
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| Rhonda Anderson |
Wayne Boatwright <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote in
news:Xns970D416D0F65Awaynesgang@217.22.228.19:
> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:12:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
> Pandora?
>
>>
>> "Shawn Hirn" <srhi@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
>> news:srhi-2A84E3.08055413112005@news.giganews.com...
>>> In article <1131849640.510551.275940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>>> "Brit" <bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes.
>>>> Does anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try
>>>> some different recipes out!
>>>
>>> My favorite is the simplest. Baked sweet potatoes are one of life's
>>> simple pleasures. Baked sweet potatoes are great when served with a
>>> sprinkle of brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and plenty of butter.
>>
>> We rarely find sweet potatoes that we call "patate americane"
>> (=americans potatoes).
>> I would like to taste them! Are they very sweet as they say?
>> Cheers
>> Pandora
>
> The sweetness can vary with the variety and growing conditions but,
> yes, they have a sweetness unlike any other potato. Not to the level
> of a desert, but definitely sweet. I don't believe sweet potatoes are
> even related to white potatoes.
>
Not very closely related, anyway, or to yams (just mentioning this as I
believe from various readings that in the US some sweet potatoes are
sometimes referred to as yams).They are related to morning glories, though
<g>. Sweet potato is Ipomoea batatas, which belongs to the Convulvulaceae
family.Morning glories belong to the same genus. The "normal" potato is
Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family, which also contains tomatoes
and eggplant. Yams are of the Dioscorea genus (various species, I think),
which belongs to yet another family, which I can't remember the name of.
OK, looked it up - Dioscoreaceae.
I love sweet potatoes. When I was young, I mostly only remember my mother
cooking white fleshed sweet potatoes, now it seems we mostly have the
orange fleshed ones (which the Kiwis call kumera) available. I rarely see
the white ones, or the purple skinned ones anymore. I do like normal
potatoes too, but like sweet potato better. I've never eaten any yams <g>.
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sun 13 Nov 2005 07:22:26a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Phred?
> In article <Xns970D486F0BD38waynesgang@217.22.228.19>, Wayne Boatwright
> <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>>On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:55:27a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Phred?
>>
>>> In article <Xns970CCC627F57Bwaynesgang@217.22.228.19>, Wayne
>>> Boatwright <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>>>>On Sat 12 Nov 2005 07:40:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brit?
>>>>
>>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes.
>>>>> Does anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>>>> different recipes out!
>>>>
>>>>My favorite way of eating sweet potatoes is roasted slow and long,
>>>>then served with a glob of butter.
>>>
>>> But ya gotta get that crisp "skin" around 'em when roasted.
>>> [Though I admit I'm thinking of the feral type we had around here when
>>> I was a kid. It had a slight greenish tinge to the flesh when cooked,
>>> unlike the bloody orangy commercial varieties one sees now days.]
>>
>>Never heard or seen greenish flesh in a sweet potato. Must just be
>>downunder. :-) Crisp skin? No, when roasted long and slow, the sugars
>>caramelize under the skin, the skin soft and mellow.
>
> Not "skin" as in skin. (That's why I used the quotes. :) We peel the
> things *before* cooking. The "skin" I mentioned is the dried outer
> layer of the flesh from the roasting process. I suspect our
> "greenish" ferals are the pre-european land races that were grown in
> PNG and/or other Pacific Islands.
Okay, I see. Yes, it sounds like what you describe is a very different
animal.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sun 13 Nov 2005 07:21:37a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Rhonda
Anderson?
> Wayne Boatwright <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote in
> news:Xns970D416D0F65Awaynesgang@217.22.228.19:
>
>> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:12:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>> Pandora?
>>
>>>
>>> "Shawn Hirn" <srhi@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
>>> news:srhi-2A84E3.08055413112005@news.giganews.com...
>>>> In article <1131849640.510551.275940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>>>> "Brit" <bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes.
>>>>> Does anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try
>>>>> some different recipes out!
>>>>
>>>> My favorite is the simplest. Baked sweet potatoes are one of life's
>>>> simple pleasures. Baked sweet potatoes are great when served with a
>>>> sprinkle of brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and plenty of butter.
>>>
>>> We rarely find sweet potatoes that we call "patate americane"
>>> (=americans potatoes).
>>> I would like to taste them! Are they very sweet as they say?
>>> Cheers
>>> Pandora
>>
>> The sweetness can vary with the variety and growing conditions but,
>> yes, they have a sweetness unlike any other potato. Not to the level
>> of a desert, but definitely sweet. I don't believe sweet potatoes are
>> even related to white potatoes.
>>
>
> Not very closely related, anyway, or to yams (just mentioning this as I
> believe from various readings that in the US some sweet potatoes are
> sometimes referred to as yams).They are related to morning glories,
> though <g>. Sweet potato is Ipomoea batatas, which belongs to the
> Convulvulaceae family.Morning glories belong to the same genus. The
> "normal" potato is Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family, which
> also contains tomatoes and eggplant. Yams are of the Dioscorea genus
> (various species, I think), which belongs to yet another family, which I
> can't remember the name of. OK, looked it up - Dioscoreaceae.
>
> I love sweet potatoes. When I was young, I mostly only remember my
> mother cooking white fleshed sweet potatoes, now it seems we mostly have
> the orange fleshed ones (which the Kiwis call kumera) available. I
> rarely see the white ones, or the purple skinned ones anymore. I do like
> normal potatoes too, but like sweet potato better. I've never eaten any
> yams <g>.
There seems to be a lot of confusion about sweet potatoes vs. yams in the
US. Some say that none of what we get here are yams. It's only in more
recent years that I've seen the purple skinned variety, and have never
seen the white, only varying shades of yellow to deep orange.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________
A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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"Wayne Boatwright" <waynesgang@waynes.gang> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:55:27a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Phred?
>
>> In article <Xns970CCC627F57Bwaynesgang@217.22.228.19>, Wayne Boatwright
>> <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>>>On Sat 12 Nov 2005 07:40:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brit?
>>>
>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>>>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>>> different recipes out!
>>>
>>>My favorite way of eating sweet potatoes is roasted slow and long, then
>>>served with a glob of butter.
>>
>> But ya gotta get that crisp "skin" around 'em when roasted.
>> [Though I admit I'm thinking of the feral type we had around here when
>> I was a kid. It had a slight greenish tinge to the flesh when cooked,
>> unlike the bloody orangy commercial varieties one sees now days.]
>
> Never heard or seen greenish flesh in a sweet potato. Must just be
> downunder. :-) Crisp skin? No, when roasted long and slow, the sugars
> caramelize under the skin, the skin soft and mellow.
New little potatoes become crispy with the skin if they are roasted :)
I like them very much.
Pan
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
> _____________________________________________
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> A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| Pandora |
"Wayne Boatwright" <waynesgang@waynes.gang> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 07:04:26a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Pandora?
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>>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" <waynesgang@waynes.gang> ha scritto nel messaggio
>> news:Xns970D416D0F65Awaynesgang@217.22.228.19...
>>> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:12:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>>> Pandora?
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Shawn Hirn" <srhi@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
>>>> news:srhi-2A84E3.08055413112005@news.giganews.com...
>>>>> In article <1131849640.510551.275940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>>>>> "Brit" <bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes.
>>>>>> Does anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>>>>> different recipes out!
>>>>>
>>>>> My favorite is the simplest. Baked sweet potatoes are one of life's
>>>>> simple pleasures. Baked sweet potatoes are great when served with a
>>>>> sprinkle of brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and plenty of butter.
>>>>
>>>> We rarely find sweet potatoes that we call "patate americane"
>>>> (=americans potatoes). I would like to taste them! Are they very sweet
>>>> as they say? Cheers
>>>> Pandora
>>>
>>> The sweetness can vary with the variety and growing conditions but,
>>> yes, they have a sweetness unlike any other potato. Not to the level
>>> of a desert, but definitely sweet. I don't believe sweet potatoes are
>>> even related to white potatoes.
>>
>> We can't find good potatoes, here. I don't know! Perhaps it is because
>> fertilizer!
>> I remember that when I was young, potatoes were much more good and much
>> more hard. We bought fresh potatoes to the market and we roasted them.
>> They were paradisiac in taste and in consistence. Now, potatoes are soft
>> and tasteless.
>> I always buy pre-fried potatoes which are gooder! perhaps it is becaus
>> of industry of fried potatoes.
>> And I want to say another thing: we plant potatoes, but when I cook
>> them, they aren't good potatoes (they are soft, always soft:(((( ). So
>> I think this: is the atmosphere too bad for our vegetables and plants?
>> Cheers
>> Pandora
>
> That's too bad that you can't get good potatoes. Perhaps it's the soil.
I believe in what you say! I think the same:(
Pan
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
> _____________________________________________
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> A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| Pandora |
"Rhonda Anderson" <schumacher11@bigpond.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Wayne Boatwright <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote in
> news:Xns970D416D0F65Awaynesgang@217.22.228.19:
>
>> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:12:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>> Pandora?
>>
>>>
>>> "Shawn Hirn" <srhi@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
>>> news:srhi-2A84E3.08055413112005@news.giganews.com...
>>>> In article <1131849640.510551.275940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>>>> "Brit" <bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes.
>>>>> Does anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try
>>>>> some different recipes out!
>>>>
>>>> My favorite is the simplest. Baked sweet potatoes are one of life's
>>>> simple pleasures. Baked sweet potatoes are great when served with a
>>>> sprinkle of brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and plenty of butter.
>>>
>>> We rarely find sweet potatoes that we call "patate americane"
>>> (=americans potatoes).
>>> I would like to taste them! Are they very sweet as they say?
>>> Cheers
>>> Pandora
>>
>> The sweetness can vary with the variety and growing conditions but,
>> yes, they have a sweetness unlike any other potato. Not to the level
>> of a desert, but definitely sweet. I don't believe sweet potatoes are
>> even related to white potatoes.
>>
>
> Not very closely related, anyway, or to yams (just mentioning this as I
> believe from various readings that in the US some sweet potatoes are
> sometimes referred to as yams).They are related to morning glories, though
> <g>. Sweet potato is Ipomoea batatas, which belongs to the Convulvulaceae
> family.Morning glories belong to the same genus. The "normal" potato is
> Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family, which also contains tomatoes
> and eggplant. Yams are of the Dioscorea genus (various species, I think),
> which belongs to yet another family, which I can't remember the name of.
> OK, looked it up - Dioscoreaceae.
>
> I love sweet potatoes. When I was young, I mostly only remember my mother
> cooking white fleshed sweet potatoes, now it seems we mostly have the
> orange fleshed ones (which the Kiwis call kumera) available. I rarely see
> the white ones, or the purple skinned ones anymore. I do like normal
> potatoes too, but like sweet potato better. I've never eaten any yams <g>.
>
> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
Once upon a time we had a great variety of potatoes. yellow, white and red.
They said that yellow were good for gnocchi, white for puré and red to
fryed.
Now we can find only one quality of potato. It is not red, not yellow, nor
red. It is white and soft. it is a trash:(
Cheers
Pandora
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| Julia Altshuler |
Coconut Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. freshly grated ginger
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
2 well beaten eggs
1 cup evaporated milk (not condensed which is different)
1 Tablespoon melted butter
1 cup unsweetened coconut (might have to go to the health food store)
1 unbaked 9" pie shell
whipped cream for topping at the end (optional)
Directions:
Mix together the sweet potatoes, spices, eggs, milk, butter and coconut.
Pour into pie shell. Bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes or until an
inserted knife comes out clean.
For me, the trick to a good pie is finding one that's not too sweet.
Even with the recipe above, you might want to halve the amount of sugar.
I'd like pecan pie if I could figure out how to make it less sweet.
(This is odd; it is coming from someone who adores sweets.)
Pandora wrote:
> Yes!!! Repost!!!!!!
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| Audrey |
"Julia Altshuler" <jaltshuler@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Brit wrote:
>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>> different recipes out!
>
>
> I don't know if I would call this a recipe, but my favorite way of eating
> them is to bake them until they're nice and soft inside, then continue
> baking them another 1 hour after that. The idea is to get them soft,
> smooth, almost caramel sweet, without burning. I don't know if my 1 hour
> guess is correct. Some people wrap them in foil which makes it easier to
> prevent them from burning, but to my mind, that also makes them syrupy
> wet. I'm looking for dry and concentrated sweet.
>
>
> A variation on the same idea is to bake the sweet potatoes until soft,
> then add eggs, milk, a little sugar, spices, pour into pie crust and bake
> the pie. I think I posted a recipe for coconut-sweet potato pie once. If
> you like, I'll look for it and repost.
>
>
> --Lia
>
We like them baked and served with butter, salt & pepper but another good
use is deep fried (like French fried potatoes). If you have access to an
Asian market they usually have several types of sweet potatoes; orange,
yellow, white and purple. The Vietnamese make a wonderful appetizer using
shrimp, white and yellow sweet potatoes and tempura batter. I have a
Vietnamese friend who taught me to make that and it's wonderful.
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| TammyM |
On 13 Nov 2005 04:05:34 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
<waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>On Sat 12 Nov 2005 07:40:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brit?
>
>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>> different recipes out!
>
>My favorite way of eating sweet potatoes is roasted slow and long, then
>served with a glob of butter.
<snip>
>Wayne Boatwright *¿*
Always knew you were my soulmate :-) I find they don't even need the
butter, just s&p, but this particular gilding of the lily works for me
too. I've eaten sweet tatoes for dinner. Just them. Nothing else.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
TammyM
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| sf |
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:04:26 +0100, Pandora wrote:
> And I want to say another thing: we plant potatoes, but when I cook them,
> they aren't good potatoes (they are soft, always soft:(((( ). So I think
> this: is the atmosphere too bad for our vegetables and plants?
I don't see why you can't grow potatoes. They are a root vegetable
and not as dependent on heat. What's your altitude up there in the
mountains? Common sense tells me that if they can grow potatoes in
the Andes, you should be able to grow them in the Alps!
http://www.mainerec.com/potatoes.as...201&PageNum=201
http://www.organicgardening.org.uk/factsheets/gg9.php
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Julia Altshuler wrote:
> Brit wrote:
>
>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>> different recipes out!
>
>
>
> I don't know if I would call this a recipe, but my favorite way of
> eating them is to bake them until they're nice and soft inside, then
> continue baking them another 1 hour after that. The idea is to get them
> soft, smooth, almost caramel sweet, without burning. I don't know if my
> 1 hour guess is correct. Some people wrap them in foil which makes it
> easier to prevent them from burning, but to my mind, that also makes
> them syrupy wet. I'm looking for dry and concentrated sweet.
Agree, for the same reason a white potato that is wrapped in foil and
put in the oven is a steamed potato and not a baked potato.
>
>
> A variation on the same idea is to bake the sweet potatoes until soft,
> then add eggs, milk, a little sugar, spices, pour into pie crust and
> bake the pie. I think I posted a recipe for coconut-sweet potato pie
> once. If you like, I'll look for it and repost.
>
>
> --Lia
>
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| Glor |
How about having them raw in place of carrots in a salad?
As a kid I loved them that way. At Thanksgiving my mom would cut them up
and put them in a tossed salad. Of course you have to put a dressing on
them right away but that could be done by putting them in a salad oil
until you are ready to use them. Or you can shred them and make a
slaw...Something different.
Also, how about French fired sweet potatoes? Make them the same way you
would make regular French fries. If you haven't tried them, like that
you don't know what you are missing. For those of you with Fry Daddys,
it would be something else to make in them.
Glor
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| Pandora |
"sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:04:26 +0100, Pandora wrote:
>
>> And I want to say another thing: we plant potatoes, but when I cook
>> them,
>> they aren't good potatoes (they are soft, always soft:(((( ). So I
>> think
>> this: is the atmosphere too bad for our vegetables and plants?
>
> I don't see why you can't grow potatoes. They are a root vegetable
> and not as dependent on heat. What's your altitude up there in the
> mountains? Common sense tells me that if they can grow potatoes in
> the Andes, you should be able to grow them in the Alps!
> http://www.mainerec.com/potatoes.as...201&PageNum=201
> http://www.organicgardening.org.uk/factsheets/gg9.php
Oh yes! Here, altitude is about 600 yards. But is not this the problem.
Potatoes grow, but they aren't so good!
cheers
pandora
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| sf |
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:43:32 +0100, Pandora wrote:
> Oh yes! Here, altitude is about 600 yards. But is not this the problem.
> Potatoes grow, but they aren't so good!
Maybe it's the type of potato you get for seed, or maybe it's the
soil. Not sure how you can get better seed potatoes, but you can do
something about the soil.
:)
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| Pandora |
"sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:43:32 +0100, Pandora wrote:
>
>> Oh yes! Here, altitude is about 600 yards. But is not this the problem.
>> Potatoes grow, but they aren't so good!
>
> Maybe it's the type of potato you get for seed, or maybe it's the
> soil. Not sure how you can get better seed potatoes, but you can do
> something about the soil.
>
> :)
My soil is very argillaceus. It is orange coloured. Perhaps is this the
problem?
Cheers
Pan
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| sf |
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:09:17 +0100, Pandora wrote:
>
> "sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:7c6fn1dtifqq9o2egfd1sim1ujti37etd7@4ax.com...
> > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:43:32 +0100, Pandora wrote:
> >
> >> Oh yes! Here, altitude is about 600 yards. But is not this the problem.
> >> Potatoes grow, but they aren't so good!
> >
> > Maybe it's the type of potato you get for seed, or maybe it's the
> > soil. Not sure how you can get better seed potatoes, but you can do
> > something about the soil.
> >
> > :)
>
> My soil is very argillaceus. It is orange coloured. Perhaps is this the
> problem?
It sounds like good wine grape soil, but not potato soil. Have you
considered a raised bed and filling it with your own soil mixture?
http://www.bestgardening.com/bgc/howto/vegepotato01.htm
Don't forget to rotate your crops!
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sun 13 Nov 2005 09:12:50a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it TammyM?
> On 13 Nov 2005 04:05:34 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
> <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>
>>On Sat 12 Nov 2005 07:40:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brit?
>>
>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>> different recipes out!
>>
>>My favorite way of eating sweet potatoes is roasted slow and long, then
>>served with a glob of butter.
> <snip>
>>Wayne Boatwright *¿*
>
> Always knew you were my soulmate :-) I find they don't even need the
> butter, just s&p, but this particular gilding of the lily works for me
> too. I've eaten sweet tatoes for dinner. Just them. Nothing else.
> Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
>
> TammyM
I, too, have eaten just a sweet potato for dinner. It's one of my comfort
foods.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| Pandora |
"sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:09:17 +0100, Pandora wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
>> news:7c6fn1dtifqq9o2egfd1sim1ujti37etd7@4ax.com...
>> > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:43:32 +0100, Pandora wrote:
>> >
>> >> Oh yes! Here, altitude is about 600 yards. But is not this the
>> problem.
>> >> Potatoes grow, but they aren't so good!
>> >
>> > Maybe it's the type of potato you get for seed, or maybe it's the
>> > soil. Not sure how you can get better seed potatoes, but you can do
>> > something about the soil.
>> >
>> > :)
>>
>> My soil is very argillaceus. It is orange coloured. Perhaps is this the
>> problem?
>
> It sounds like good wine grape soil, but not potato soil. Have you
> considered a raised bed and filling it with your own soil mixture?
> http://www.bestgardening.com/bgc/howto/vegepotato01.htm
> Don't forget to rotate your crops!
Ohhh! it's a very intersesting web page! I read that you must not plant
potatoes were you plant tomatoes the year before! perhaps it is also this
the pronblem! I have planted them where there were tomatoes!!!!!
Cheers and thank you for instructions
Pandora
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| Pandora |
"Wayne Boatwright" <waynesgang@waynes.gang> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 09:12:50a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it TammyM?
>
>> On 13 Nov 2005 04:05:34 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
>> <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat 12 Nov 2005 07:40:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brit?
>>>
>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>>>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>>> different recipes out!
>>>
>>>My favorite way of eating sweet potatoes is roasted slow and long, then
>>>served with a glob of butter.
>> <snip>
>>>Wayne Boatwright *¿*
>>
>> Always knew you were my soulmate :-) I find they don't even need the
>> butter, just s&p, but this particular gilding of the lily works for me
>> too. I've eaten sweet tatoes for dinner. Just them. Nothing else.
>> Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
>>
>> TammyM
>
> I, too, have eaten just a sweet potato for dinner. It's one of my comfort
> foods.
Do you need a comfort? I didn't know :)))))
Pan
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
> _____________________________________________
>
> A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sun 13 Nov 2005 01:51:42p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Pandora?
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" <waynesgang@waynes.gang> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:Xns970D8A66997DBwaynesgang@217.22.228.19...
>> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 09:12:50a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it TammyM?
>>
>>> On 13 Nov 2005 04:05:34 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
>>> <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat 12 Nov 2005 07:40:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brit?
>>>>
>>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes.
>>>>> Does anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>>>> different recipes out!
>>>>
>>>>My favorite way of eating sweet potatoes is roasted slow and long,
>>>>then served with a glob of butter.
>>> <snip>
>>>>Wayne Boatwright *¿*
>>>
>>> Always knew you were my soulmate :-) I find they don't even need the
>>> butter, just s&p, but this particular gilding of the lily works for me
>>> too. I've eaten sweet tatoes for dinner. Just them. Nothing else.
>>> Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
>>>
>>> TammyM
>>
>> I, too, have eaten just a sweet potato for dinner. It's one of my
>> comfort foods.
>
> Do you need a comfort? I didn't know :)))))
> Pan
It's always nice to have a comfort! :-)
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________
A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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| Pandora |
"Wayne Boatwright" <waynesgang@waynes.gang> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 01:51:42p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Pandora?
>
>>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" <waynesgang@waynes.gang> ha scritto nel messaggio
>> news:Xns970D8A66997DBwaynesgang@217.22.228.19...
>>> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 09:12:50a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it TammyM?
>>>
>>>> On 13 Nov 2005 04:05:34 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
>>>> <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat 12 Nov 2005 07:40:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brit?
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes.
>>>>>> Does anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>>>>>> different recipes out!
>>>>>
>>>>>My favorite way of eating sweet potatoes is roasted slow and long,
>>>>>then served with a glob of butter.
>>>> <snip>
>>>>>Wayne Boatwright *¿*
>>>>
>>>> Always knew you were my soulmate :-) I find they don't even need the
>>>> butter, just s&p, but this particular gilding of the lily works for me
>>>> too. I've eaten sweet tatoes for dinner. Just them. Nothing else.
>>>> Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
>>>>
>>>> TammyM
>>>
>>> I, too, have eaten just a sweet potato for dinner. It's one of my
>>> comfort foods.
>>
>> Do you need a comfort? I didn't know :)))))
>> Pan
>
> It's always nice to have a comfort! :-)
I have the same opinion :)
Pan
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
> _____________________________________________
>
> A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
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Brit wrote:
> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
> different recipes out!
>
From my Thanksgiving page...
http://home.pacbell.net/macknet/turkeyday.html
Ale Braised Yams with Chipotle Butter...
Sweet potatoes (the red skinned, orange fleshed variety commonly
called yams) cut into bite sized pieces, briefly sautéed in chipotle
butter, splashed with a cup or so of pumpkin ale and braised until
fork tender, then basted with the liquid remaining in the bottom
of the braising pan (plus additional ale and melted chipotle butter
if necessary) and broiled briefly until the taters are lightly
browned on top.
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| Arri London |
Brit wrote:
>
> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
> different recipes out!
Wash them and leave them unpeeled. Slice very thinly and deep fry to
make crisps. Or cut into chip-sized pieces and make chips.
Or try a Japanese recipe:
Steamed Cake with Sweet Potatoes (mushi-kasutera)
From: 'Japanese Cooking'
200 g plain flour
140 g caster sugar
45 ml sweetened condensed milk
4 eggs beaten
40 g white miso
150 g sweet potatoes
10 ml cream of tartar
2.5 ml bicarbonate of soda
30 ml melted unsalted butter
Sift flour and sugar together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl beat
the milk, eggs and miso together to make a cream. Add to the flour and
mix well. Cover the bowl with clingfilm and let rest for an hour.
Trim and peel the sweet potatoes and cut into 2 cm dice. Cover with
water. Drain just before using. Preheat the steamer and line with butter
muslin.
Mix the cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda with 15 ml water. Add to
the cake mixture with the melted butter and two-thirds of the diced
sweet potato. Pour the cake mixutre into the steamer, then pus the rest
of the sweet potato on to the surface of the cake.
Steam the cake for 30 minutes or until it has risen to a dome shape.
Remove from the heat and let cool a little. Serve warm or cold.
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| TammyM |
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:44:42 GMT, Rich McCormack <macknet@pacbell.net>
wrote:
>
>Brit wrote:
>> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
>> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
>> different recipes out!
>>
>
> From my Thanksgiving page...
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/macknet/turkeyday.html
>
>Ale Braised Yams with Chipotle Butter...
>
>Sweet potatoes (the red skinned, orange fleshed variety commonly
>called yams) cut into bite sized pieces, briefly sautéed in chipotle
>butter, splashed with a cup or so of pumpkin ale and braised until
>fork tender, then basted with the liquid remaining in the bottom
>of the braising pan (plus additional ale and melted chipotle butter
>if necessary) and broiled briefly until the taters are lightly
>browned on top.
>
My GOD, that sounds wonderful! Wish my family were a bit more
adventurous on the foodie front, I'd make that for TDay. As it is, I
shall make it for myself :-)
TammyM
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| biig |
sf wrote:
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> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:43:32 +0100, Pandora wrote:
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> > Oh yes! Here, altitude is about 600 yards. But is not this the problem.
> > Potatoes grow, but they aren't so good!
>
> Maybe it's the type of potato you get for seed, or maybe it's the
> soil. Not sure how you can get better seed potatoes, but you can do
> something about the soil.
>
> :)
My husband's grandfather grew potatoes on the farm (for their own
use) and didn't buy special seed potatoes to plant. They just used
chunks of the previous year's crop as long as each chunk had an "eye" I
don't garden, but wonder what the advantage is of buying seed potatoes.
Wouldn't a bag of your favourite potatoes from the grocery store do as
well? Enquiring minds want to know....lol....Sharon
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| sf |
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:12:01 -0500, biig wrote:
> My husband's grandfather grew potatoes on the farm (for their own
> use) and didn't buy special seed potatoes to plant. They just used
> chunks of the previous year's crop as long as each chunk had an "eye" I
> don't garden, but wonder what the advantage is of buying seed potatoes.
> Wouldn't a bag of your favourite potatoes from the grocery store do as
> well? Enquiring minds want to know....lol....Sharon
She says her potatoes aren't any good... that's why I'm suggesting
something else.
--
Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
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| biig |
sf wrote:
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> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:12:01 -0500, biig wrote:
>
> > My husband's grandfather grew potatoes on the farm (for their own
> > use) and didn't buy special seed potatoes to plant. They just used
> > chunks of the previous year's crop as long as each chunk had an "eye" I
> > don't garden, but wonder what the advantage is of buying seed potatoes.
> > Wouldn't a bag of your favourite potatoes from the grocery store do as
> > well? Enquiring minds want to know....lol....Sharon
>
> She says her potatoes aren't any good... that's why I'm suggesting
> something else.
> --
>
> Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
I understand that, (smile) but I'm still wondering about "having" to
buy "seed potatoes" or using regular potatoes....Sharon
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| Julia Altshuler |
biig wrote:
> I understand that, (smile) but I'm still wondering about "having" to
> buy "seed potatoes" or using regular potatoes....Sharon
My understanding is that the potatoes you buy at the supermarket may
have been treated with something that keeps the eyes from sprouting,
thus: no good for growing more potatoes. The seed potatoes from the
garden center are cheap enough. Still, if it were me, I'd try both and
compare my results. I'm like that.
--Lia
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| biig |
Julia Altshuler wrote:
>
> biig wrote:
>
> > I understand that, (smile) but I'm still wondering about "having" to
> > buy "seed potatoes" or using regular potatoes....Sharon
>
> My understanding is that the potatoes you buy at the supermarket may
> have been treated with something that keeps the eyes from sprouting,
> thus: no good for growing more potatoes. The seed potatoes from the
> garden center are cheap enough. Still, if it were me, I'd try both and
> compare my results. I'm like that.
>
> --Lia
That makes sense. DH grandfather always grew his own potatoes, so
using last year's to plant wouldn't have anything added to
them....Sharon
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| Ophelia |
"biig" <biig@mnsi.net> wrote in message
news:4379E06D.46955EE4@mnsi.net...
>
>
> sf wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:12:01 -0500, biig wrote:
>>
>> > My husband's grandfather grew potatoes on the farm (for their
>> > own
>> > use) and didn't buy special seed potatoes to plant. They just
>> > used
>> > chunks of the previous year's crop as long as each chunk had an
>> > "eye" I
>> > don't garden, but wonder what the advantage is of buying seed
>> > potatoes.
>> > Wouldn't a bag of your favourite potatoes from the grocery store
>> > do as
>> > well? Enquiring minds want to know....lol....Sharon
>>
>> She says her potatoes aren't any good... that's why I'm suggesting
>> something else.
>> --
>>
>> Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
>
> I understand that, (smile) but I'm still wondering about "having" to
> buy "seed potatoes" or using regular potatoes....Sharon
Hi Sharon
I always get a good crop of potatoes from the ones that have gone green
and I throw onto my garden:) I never buy seed potatoes:)
O
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| Ophelia |
"Ophelia" <ophelia@nix.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cboef.26053$Es4.6867@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
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> "biig" <biig@mnsi.net> wrote in message
> news:4379E06D.46955EE4@mnsi.net...
>>
>>
>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:12:01 -0500, biig wrote:
>>>
>>> > My husband's grandfather grew potatoes on the farm (for their
>>> > own
>>> > use) and didn't buy special seed potatoes to plant. They just
>>> > used
>>> > chunks of the previous year's crop as long as each chunk had an
>>> > "eye" I
>>> > don't garden, but wonder what the advantage is of buying seed
>>> > potatoes.
>>> > Wouldn't a bag of your favourite potatoes from the grocery store
>>> > do as
>>> > well? Enquiring minds want to know....lol....Sharon
>>>
>>> She says her potatoes aren't any good... that's why I'm suggesting
>>> something else.
>>> --
>>>
>>> Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
>>
>> I understand that, (smile) but I'm still wondering about "having"
>> to
>> buy "seed potatoes" or using regular potatoes....Sharon
>
> Hi Sharon
>
> I always get a good crop of potatoes from the ones that have gone
> green and I throw onto my garden:) I never buy seed potatoes:)
>
Ackkkkkk I just noticed the subject line. I wasn't talking about sweet
potatoes, sorry Sharon
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| Julia Altshuler |
Ophelia wrote:
> Ackkkkkk I just noticed the subject line. I wasn't talking about sweet
> potatoes, sorry Sharon
Right. Yeah, I was talking about regular white potatoes too when I said
that the supermarket ones were likely treated with stuff that inhibited
sprouting. I attributed it to thread shift. I think sweet potatoes are
altogether different.
--Lia
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| Ophelia |
"Julia Altshuler" <jaltshuler@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:14SdnTnoMe4qvefeRVn-tg@comcast.com...
> Ophelia wrote:
>
>> Ackkkkkk I just noticed the subject line. I wasn't talking about
>> sweet potatoes, sorry Sharon
>
>
>
> Right. Yeah, I was talking about regular white potatoes too when I
> said that the supermarket ones were likely treated with stuff that
> inhibited sprouting. I attributed it to thread shift. I think sweet
> potatoes are altogether different.
Ahh ok :))) Well, as I said, the ones I buy here in Scotland don't have
any problems sprouting.
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| Elaine Parrish |
On 13 Nov 2005, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:46:34a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Julia
> Altshuler?
>
> > Brit wrote:
> >> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
> >> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
> >> different recipes out!
> >
> >
> > I don't know if I would call this a recipe, but my favorite way of
> > eating them is to bake them until they're nice and soft inside, then
> > continue baking them another 1 hour after that. The idea is to get the=
m
> > soft, smooth, almost caramel sweet, without burning. I don't know if m=
y
> > 1 hour guess is correct. Some people wrap them in foil which makes it
> > easier to prevent them from burning, but to my mind, that also makes
> > them syrupy wet. I'm looking for dry and concentrated sweet.
>
> The perfect way to roast them!
>
> > A variation on the same idea is to bake the sweet potatoes until soft,
> > then add eggs, milk, a little sugar, spices, pour into pie crust and
> > bake the pie. I think I posted a recipe for coconut-sweet potato pie
> > once. If you like, I'll look for it and repost.
>
> Also delicious!
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *=BF*
> _____________________________________________
>
> A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
>
Or...
peel, slice, hunk into large pot, cover with water and boil until almost
"fork-tender" and liquid in pot has reduced, drench with butter and white
sugar and brown sugar and continue to simmer until the potatoes have
"candied" (optional spices include cinnamon, nutmeg, clove - just a tiny,
tiny pinch of any one or all and/or just a drop of vanilla) and are soft
(like a baked potato when mashed with a fork). Pour into a lightly
buttered (or spray can oil) *deep* casserole dish. Top with regular or
mini marshmallows and pop in oven until marshmallows pouf up, melting, and
turn toasty, golden brown. Serve immediately.
Or...
Peel, slice, and fry like french fries or slice into "rounds" (by slicing
from one end) and fry in a little bit of oil (called "pan frying"). A
light sprinkling of white sugar as soon as they come out of the oil is
optional.
Elaine, too
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| Elaine Parrish |
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:09:17 +0100, Pandora wrote:
>
> >
> > "sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> > news:7c6fn1dtifqq9o2egfd1sim1ujti37etd7@4ax.com...
> > > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:43:32 +0100, Pandora wrote:
> > >
> > >> Oh yes! Here, altitude is about 600 yards. But is not this the problem.
> > >> Potatoes grow, but they aren't so good!
> > >
> > > Maybe it's the type of potato you get for seed, or maybe it's the
> > > soil. Not sure how you can get better seed potatoes, but you can do
> > > something about the soil.
> > >
> > > :)
> >
> > My soil is very argillaceus. It is orange coloured. Perhaps is this the
> > problem?
>
> It sounds like good wine grape soil, but not potato soil. Have you
> considered a raised bed and filling it with your own soil mixture?
> http://www.bestgardening.com/bgc/howto/vegepotato01.htm
> Don't forget to rotate your crops!
>
That's a great idea. My grandfather planted potatoes in a raised box one
year when I was very young. He covered the whole thing with hay to keep
the rain and wind from disturbing the top soil. They sure were easy to
"dig up".
Elaine, too
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| sf |
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:19:41 -0500, biig wrote:
>
>
> sf wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:12:01 -0500, biig wrote:
> >
> > > My husband's grandfather grew potatoes on the farm (for their own
> > > use) and didn't buy special seed potatoes to plant. They just used
> > > chunks of the previous year's crop as long as each chunk had an "eye" I
> > > don't garden, but wonder what the advantage is of buying seed potatoes.
> > > Wouldn't a bag of your favourite potatoes from the grocery store do as
> > > well? Enquiring minds want to know....lol....Sharon
> >
> > She says her potatoes aren't any good... that's why I'm suggesting
> > something else.
> > --
> >
> > Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
>
> I understand that, (smile) but I'm still wondering about "having" to
> buy "seed potatoes" or using regular potatoes....Sharon
Not sure where I dictated anything... I was just suggesting some
alternatives to her. I, for one, would not make seeds of potatoes I
didn't like in the first place.
Did you realize Pandora lives in the Mountains of Northern Italy? Her
soil is probably quite different from yours. Her soil is wine grape
soil, so it's not very good for potatoes without lots of amending.
--
Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
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| Pandora |
"sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:558ln15geag0t09el9hui5u7cbp9sb7s0l@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:19:41 -0500, biig wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> sf wrote:
>> >
>> > On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:12:01 -0500, biig wrote:
>> >
>> > > My husband's grandfather grew potatoes on the farm (for their
>> own
>> > > use) and didn't buy special seed potatoes to plant. They just used
>> > > chunks of the previous year's crop as long as each chunk had an
>> "eye" I
>> > > don't garden, but wonder what the advantage is of buying seed
>> potatoes.
>> > > Wouldn't a bag of your favourite potatoes from the grocery store do
>> as
>> > > well? Enquiring minds want to know....lol....Sharon
>> >
>> > She says her potatoes aren't any good... that's why I'm suggesting
>> > something else.
>> > --
>> >
>> > Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
>>
>> I understand that, (smile) but I'm still wondering about "having" to
>> buy "seed potatoes" or using regular potatoes....Sharon
>
> Not sure where I dictated anything... I was just suggesting some
> alternatives to her. I, for one, would not make seeds of potatoes I
> didn't like in the first place.
>
> Did you realize Pandora lives in the Mountains of Northern Italy? Her
> soil is probably quite different from yours. Her soil is wine grape
> soil, so it's not very good for potatoes without lots of amending.
Peraphs is like you say. BTW potatoes grew in my soil! I have said only that
potatoes that you buy are not so good and that I can't find sweet potatoes!
Now I would like to plant sweet potatoes (perhaps in spring).
Cheers
Pandora
> --
>
> Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
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| biig |
Ophelia wrote:
>
> "Ophelia" <ophelia@nix.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cboef.26053$Es4.6867@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >
> > "biig" <biig@mnsi.net> wrote in message
> > news:4379E06D.46955EE4@mnsi.net...
> >>
> >>
> >> sf wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:12:01 -0500, biig wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > My husband's grandfather grew potatoes on the farm (for their
> >>> > own
> >>> > use) and didn't buy special seed potatoes to plant. They just
> >>> > used
> >>> > chunks of the previous year's crop as long as each chunk had an
> >>> > "eye" I
> >>> > don't garden, but wonder what the advantage is of buying seed
> >>> > potatoes.
> >>> > Wouldn't a bag of your favourite potatoes from the grocery store
> >>> > do as
> >>> > well? Enquiring minds want to know....lol....Sharon
> >>>
> >>> She says her potatoes aren't any good... that's why I'm suggesting
> >>> something else.
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
> >>
> >> I understand that, (smile) but I'm still wondering about "having"
> >> to
> >> buy "seed potatoes" or using regular potatoes....Sharon
> >
> > Hi Sharon
> >
> > I always get a good crop of potatoes from the ones that have gone
> > green and I throw onto my garden:) I never buy seed potatoes:)
> >
>
> Ackkkkkk I just noticed the subject line. I wasn't talking about sweet
> potatoes, sorry Sharon
Neither was I....lol....Sharon
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| biig |
sf wrote:
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> On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:19:41 -0500, biig wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > sf wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:12:01 -0500, biig wrote:
> > >
> > > > My husband's grandfather grew potatoes on the farm (for their own
> > > > use) and didn't buy special seed potatoes to plant. They just used
> > > > chunks of the previous year's crop as long as each chunk had an "eye" I
> > > > don't garden, but wonder what the advantage is of buying seed potatoes.
> > > > Wouldn't a bag of your favourite potatoes from the grocery store do as
> > > > well? Enquiring minds want to know....lol....Sharon
> > >
> > > She says her potatoes aren't any good... that's why I'm suggesting
> > > something else.
> > > --
> > >
> > > Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
> >
> > I understand that, (smile) but I'm still wondering about "having" to
> > buy "seed potatoes" or using regular potatoes....Sharon
>
> Not sure where I dictated anything... I was just suggesting some
> alternatives to her. I, for one, would not make seeds of potatoes I
> didn't like in the first place.
>
> Did you realize Pandora lives in the Mountains of Northern Italy? Her
> soil is probably quite different from yours. Her soil is wine grape
> soil, so it's not very good for potatoes without lots of amending.
> --
>
> Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
I'm sorry if I sounded put out. I wasn't referring to Pandora's
growing conditions, was just curious to hear about buying "seed
potatoes" when it makes sense to use what you have. It was about 45
years ago when he grew his own and there wasn't the variety that is
available today. It makes sense also to grow your favourites if your
soil permits...Sharon
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| Julia Altshuler |
The only European country I've visited is France. I was surprised to
see that sweet potatoes and winter squashes aren't readily available in
the supermarkets there. (You can find anything in Paris if you look in
the specialty markets hard enough.) When chatting with friends, I
learned that these vegetables that are considered delicious,
inexpensive, nutritious and ordinary in the United States, have never
become popular in Europe. So many other New World foods did become
popular there, but not the ones that are orange and sweet.
--Lia
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| Ranee Mueller |
In article <1131849640.510551.275940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Brit" <bmnelson1072@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have recently been introduced to the wonders of sweet potatoes. Does
> anyone have a favorite way of eating them? I'd love to try some
> different recipes out!
Baked at 425 for a little less than an hour, split and served with
butter, salt and pepper. :)
Regards,
Ranee
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| Ranee Mueller |
In article <dl7e3v$bkp$1@area.cu.mi.it>,
"Pandora" <mirybranca@alice.it> wrote:
> We rarely find sweet potatoes that we call "patate americane" (=americans
> potatoes).
> I would like to taste them! Are they very sweet as they say?
This made me chuckle a bit. Aren't _all_ potatoes American potatoes?
Regards,
Ranee
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Ranee Mueller wrote:
> In article <dl7e3v$bkp$1@area.cu.mi.it>,
> "Pandora" <mirybranca@alice.it> wrote:
>
>
>>We rarely find sweet potatoes that we call "patate americane" (=americans
>>potatoes).
>>I would like to taste them! Are they very sweet as they say?
>
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