tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post5698139225211497930..comments2023-08-29T03:54:10.755-07:00Comments on A Thinking Stomach: Sweet Tater Tasting NotesChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-22072583241878257002011-12-25T15:53:49.631-08:002011-12-25T15:53:49.631-08:00Fascinating! I've recently developed allergie...Fascinating! I've recently developed allergies to the entire nightshade family, so I'm eating a lot more sweet potatoes.<br /><br />I'd love to do a sweet potato tasting...Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-36375547921217544282011-12-08T00:06:45.027-08:002011-12-08T00:06:45.027-08:00Dorkiness I can get behind! A good plan, if only t...Dorkiness I can get behind! A good plan, if only to isolate what it is we really like about sweet potatoes. I'd love to taste all of these.Zorahttp://rovinggastronome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-33452352002165758622011-11-27T10:25:47.701-08:002011-11-27T10:25:47.701-08:00AH: Of course, plenty of it.
Terry B.: Thank you!...AH: Of course, plenty of it.<br /><br />Terry B.: Thank you! I love the geekery you display regularly on your site--such good food! Such a curious cook!<br /><br />Felicia: Curing does help to sweeten them up a bit though--here, we put them in a box next to E's mega-computer for a couple weeks to stay warm, which is what they need while curing. Yum, sweet potato empanadas sound fantastic! I hope you enjoy the harvest!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-80663614525573207742011-11-27T05:25:51.022-08:002011-11-27T05:25:51.022-08:00We planted one plant of sweet potatoes this year a...We planted one plant of sweet potatoes this year as an experiment and your post reminded me, shoot! I hadn't harvested them yet. Between being sick and the rain, I just hadn't gotten around to it.<br /><br />I pulled up a motley twisted group of roots, but so lovely to look at. And prolific. Little late to try curing them for long storage so I'm going to make some SP empanadas and mash for freezing.<br /><br />Ordered a catalog from sandhill. Def going to dedicate a larger patch for them in 2012.Feliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02891309725393318227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-64726957891868314282011-11-26T14:44:22.595-08:002011-11-26T14:44:22.595-08:00"I am graced with friends who put up with my ..."I am graced with friends who put up with my dorkiness." Well said, Christina. I think we all have our particular areas of geekdom, and it's wonderful when our friends indulge us.Terry at Blue Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13504693954312787975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-59818290227199422452011-11-26T08:33:31.788-08:002011-11-26T08:33:31.788-08:00Did you at least serve wine with the sweet potatoe...Did you at least serve wine with the sweet potatoes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-18091765869063633752011-11-25T20:53:50.863-08:002011-11-25T20:53:50.863-08:00Hi Stefaneener: I think you could try growing some...Hi Stefaneener: I think you could try growing some. A great source of information about heirloom sweet potatoes is the Sand Hill catalog: http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/pages/sweetpotato_catalog.html The owner has some good recommendations about heat. I got Violetta through this company, and I like their ethic quite a bit.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-2085227253442496682011-11-25T20:08:58.553-08:002011-11-25T20:08:58.553-08:00Do you have exceptional heat? I was under the impr...Do you have exceptional heat? I was under the impression that we couldn't grow them here -- just not enough hot. But oh, how I would love to try! I had a purple-fleshed sweet pot in Tennessee last year, and it was amazing. I've been looking for them since.<br /><br />I love the variety of enthusiasm among your tasters. Sounds like a fun event.Stefaneenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422241601075022500noreply@blogger.com