Thanksgiving receipt

[MomOnBike]

Odd, I was unaware that sweet potatoes are edible.

The things one learns around here...

[SadieKate]

Never fear, Mom. I learned as an adult (or what I can pass off as one) that sweet potatoes are yummy. It's all in the amount of butter and maple syrup.

Just smush up some baked SPs (about 8 small ones and not yams! )

Mash in:
a skimpy 1/2 cup maple syrup (grade B or the darker one is best)
1 stick of butter
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger

Fold in about 1/2 chopped fresh toasted pecans (that's pee-cans )

Put in a casserole (and refrigerate to the next day if desired)

Toss some more chopped pee-cans on top, drizzle on more maple syrup and reheat in a 375 degree oven.

So it's basically sweet potato pie filling without the egg and dairy. I have converted many a skeptic and watched them go back for seconds.

[7rider]

Just smush up some baked SPs (about 8 small ones and not yams! )

Okay.....
What the heck IS the difference b/t a sweet potato and a yam??????

[SadieKate]

The label . . . and the taste. I really don't care for what we Amurcans call yams.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/myster...eetpotato.html

[Kimmyt]

i like mine cooked in orange juice and brown sugar!

(or made into frenchy fries and crisped under the broiler with just some olive oil and s&p mmmmm)

[spokewench]

My hubby loves these yummy brown sugar coated recipes!

ME I'll take it Plain, Plain and More Plain - What could be better - healthy sweetness! Yumm Yumm

[SouthernBelle]

Generally speaking you can't buy real yams in the U.S. They are often quite huge, not potato sized at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_%28vegetable%29

[spokewench]

Odd, I was unaware that sweet potatoes are edible.

The things one learns around here...

Yeah, sweet potatoes are edible - actually quite good - BUT WHY OH WHY would anyone put all that sweet c - - - on them! They're plenty sweet by themselves!

Sorry gals, can't stand that stuff!

[withm]

My mother always called it a "receipt" too, or a "rule" - but never a recipe. Wonder how those terms came into use (or how they fell from common use)?

I could never stomach sweet potatoes with all that syrup and marshmallow junk. I found this recipe in the Washington Post many years ago. I'll make it with just one big sweet potato, and it's dinner.

Rosemary Roasted Sweet Potatoes (Wash Post 19 Nov 2000)

2 pounds sweet potatoes peeled, and cut into 1/2" cubes.

2 tsp minced garlic
1 T. Rosemary leaves
2 T. Olive Oil

1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
1 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper

Preheat oven to 375. In large bowl, toss together the sweet potatoes, garlic, rosemary and oil. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet, spreading the potatoes into a single layer. (for just one potato, I do this in my 9" Le Creuset skillet).

Bake until tender, about 50 minutes. Add the parsley, salt and pepper and toss to coat. Transfer to a serving bowl, (er, that would be a plate) and serve immediately.

[suzieqtwa]

Thanks everyone...Withm, yours looks good too......I lived in Delaware for 15 years (Wilmington). I love just a baked sweet potato ,but Im having 11 people over ,so I thought I would make something fancy.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Hey Suzie,
If I send you my Thanksgiving receipt, will you re-imburse me?



(This coming from someone who has been known to fill her "subscription" at the drugstore. )

[suzieqtwa]

ya, I just noticed my spelling error. oops !!!

[Bad JuJu]

As Withm pointed out, "receipt" is the older term for what we now call a "recipe." So, Suzieq, I thought you were just choosing to use more traditional language--very cool.

I don't know anything about the etymology of those words, but it may be that they were called receipts because they were received--as in recipes handed down from mothers and grandmothers and shared with neighbors, etc. Not sure how it morphed into recipe. Anybody got an Oxford English Dictionary handy?

[bmccasland]

My mother always called it a "receipt" too, or a "rule" - but never a recipe. Wonder how those terms came into use (or how they fell from common use)?

Now don't ask me for a reference - but I heard in the early days it was "receipt" because one would keep all your books in the library, clean and dry, so to use a recipe you'd write out a receipt of the ingredients to take to the kitchen.

and I agree with Hub - it's "pa Cahns". In fact I just bought a pecan praline (pa-cahn pra-leen (the "pra" rhymes with bra)) at farmers market this morning. My indulgence...

[SouthernBelle]

They are only called pee-cans in the areas where they don't actually grow them.

Luv a baked sweet tater baked with a little butter. Never microwave a sweet tater. The sugars won't carmelize and they won't taste as good.

My SIL makes a sweet potato casserole with tons of stuff on top, way too sweet. My nephew & I try to tactfully scoop under the topping when we get our serving.