Christine, Wondering

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Sweet potatoes

Just to follow up on that dinner, I tried the marshmallow-topped sweet potatoes and they were really nice - incredibly sweet, but good!

However, the impression I get from those who commented on my previous post is that it's supposed to be a dessert / pie? Yeah . . . we don't eat sweet potato, pumpkin etc as sweets here, so I think the people who ran the restaurant (who are not trained chefs, mind, it's an amateur B&B and on-demand restaurant type place) misunderstood the purpose of the recipe. They had it as a trimming for the meat dishes, served on the buffet alongside the steamed veggies and baked potatoes and stuff, to be eaten with the turkey and ham. o_O It was really nice by itself but it was way too sweet with all of the other savoury flavours!

I think I might have to find a recipe, though, and convert my family to eaters of sweet potato pie. Yum!

2 comments:

the impression I get from those who commented on my previous post is that it's supposed to be a dessert / pie

Not a dessert, really... It's usually a side-dish at supper, just like what you had. It's just called "sweet potato pie" because it's made in a pie dish. It's pretty famous, especially in the south US. We've even got songs mentioning it!

Of course, nothing's stopping you from having it as a dessert, so go ahead and convert your family! :-P

I wonder if Siri's family has it the same way as we do.
 
Ditto what Jen said. It's a side-dish. It's sweetness depends on how it's made - my mom's isn't too sweet.

And ditto Jen again, we have songs that mention it. However, it's also a Midwest thing, too. But outside the South/Midwest it's probably not as well-known.
 

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