Anyone else is addicted to sweet potatoes?

i just can't stop eating them with a lilttle bit of Cinnamon

Mash potatoes with butter and pepper

gravy's roast beef, swiss chalet, cream

baked sweet potatoes!

yum.

i have heard mashed with marshmallow was good too

Try them with a little sprinkle of chili powder and a touch of cumin.

mashed sweet potatoes with a bit of butter and brown sugar... fucking great

im not a fan of sweet potato fries though, or chips. those are an abomination.

Agreed.

Yup, much better for you than regular potatoes too

I'm curious what type of sweet potatoes people are talking about. there is a lot of different kinds (16+ varieties? .-. ). the two most common types sold here are the tan skinned/yellow-white variety just called "sweet potato", and the purple skinned/orange flesh variety called "garnet sweet potato" (sometimes mistakenly called a yam). i like the orange ones best for any type of baking or stews; they cook like a giant carrot. I like the the yellow ones for pan frying (rounds, fries, hashbrowns, etc). i find that when the yellow ones are baked, they come out stringy thick/gooey texture i dont like. but for frying, the yellow ones definitely have the best flavor; it puts russets to shame.

This post was edited by NatureNames on Mar 18 2014 01:36pm

usually i eat the ones that a tan-brownish and cook up pretty coppery. they arent huge or round, more like palm sized and skinny/long. they bake up really really sweet too, and actually quite savory too. i even eat the skins