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[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

[SadieKate]

Yeah, that's in that article above. That's why I said "what Amurcans call yams." What we call yams don't taste the same as what we call sweet potatoes.