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Tue, Dec 27, 05 at 0:33
| I bought a beautiful sweet potato at a farm stand before it closed for the season around November 3. Anyway, I made a sweet potato pie with it for a Christmas dessert. I happen to love pumpkin and winter squash pies, but this pie made the squash pies seem relatively tasteless. I wish I had room to grow sweet potaotes, but I don't, so will continue to buy them at farm stands. If you have never tried a sweet potato pie, I urge you to try it, especially if you have enough space and enough heat to grow your own.
If you feel you need a reason to make and eat dessert, remember that you will get fiber and vitamins from this lovely vegetable I have too long neglected. Happy New Year to all! Mary, new appreciator of sweet potatoes |
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- Posted by gonefishin z7bTx (My Page) on Tue, Dec 27, 05 at 20:34
| I second that Mary. I grew up eating Momma's sweet potatoe pies. They have a much more full bodied flavor, making the pumpkin seem kinda bland in comparrison to me. It is easy to adjust the seasonings and spices to alter the taste, some even put preparred pumpkin pie spices in them, but we do not. Just butter, cinnamon, eggs, brown sugar, syrup, vanilla, small amount of salt to taste, some like a little nutmeg, unless I have forgotten something. ":^) My taste buds would remind me if I were mixing now. Like most everyone I guess, my wife and I get a taste, or hankering for some particular thing and have it pretty frequently until something else takes it's place and move on to that. We have fixed sweet potatoe pies pretty regularly since last summer. I like them still warm with a dollop of cool whip, or cold. They are kinda hard to beat for an inexpensive dessert that is pretty easy to fix. I also like sweet potatoes, candied, fried, baked, etc., and we always make a sweet potatoe casserole at thanksgiving and Christmas, which is basically just like the pie filling with marsmallows toasted on top. Goes good with the turkey and dressing. I snapped this pic last fall, it was right out of the oven and had not firmed up fully. Bill P.  |
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- Posted by Mary_in_pnw z8Oregon (My Page) on Wed, Jan 4, 06 at 19:27
| Thanks Bill. That picture looks delicious. I have lots of 1 pound bags of squash puree in the freezer, ready for more pies, but that sweet potato pie was something else! I'll definitely buy more than one next year. If you come back to this thread, or anyone else, can you bake, mash and freeze sweet potato puree like you can winter squash puree? Thanks to anyone who answers. I'll also try this on the harvest forum. Mary |
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| I have quite a few really nice sweetpotatoes.......orange, yellow, and white. Not bein southun, I like the lighter ones best. |
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