I was just wondering if baked sweet potatoes are a common side dish in
restaurants in the southern US.

We just ate at a Longhorn Steak House (it's new in Burlington, VT) for
lunch, it was nice enough. Decent ribeye that I didn't have to cook or
clean up after. Anyway, one of the side choices is baked sweet potatoe and
I wondered it that was a common thing in the south or an affectation.

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Siobhan Perricone
The actions taken by the New Hampshire Episcopalians are an affront to
Christians everywhere. I am just thankful that the church's founder, Henry
VIII, and his wife Catherine of Aragon, his wife Anne Boleyn, his wife Jane
Seymour, his wife Anne of Cleves, his wife Catherine Howard and his wife
Catherine Parr are no longer here to suffer through this assault on our
"traditional Christian marriage."
- Owen Keavney

I was just wondering if baked sweet potatoes are a common side dish in
restaurants in the southern US.

We just ate at a Longhorn Steak House (it's new in Burlington, VT) for
lunch, it was nice enough. Decent ribeye that I didn't have to cook or
clean up after. Anyway, one of the side choices is baked sweet potatoe and
I wondered it that was a common thing in the south or an affectation.

Oh, yeah. Baked sweet potatoes (with butter, cinnamon, and sugar) are very
common in the south.

Yum.

Sheila (born and raised a Tarheel).

Oh, yeah. Baked sweet potatoes (with butter, cinnamon, and sugar) are very
common in the south.
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I like baked sweet potatoes done this way. Before baking, oil the skin and
salt heavily with kosher salt. Bake til tender. Cut open, use butter and
salt. So good!

Siobhan Perricone wrote in
news
I was just wondering if baked sweet potatoes are a common side dish in
restaurants in the southern US.

We just ate at a Longhorn Steak House (it's new in Burlington, VT) for
lunch, it was nice enough. Decent ribeye that I didn't have to cook or
clean up after. Anyway, one of the side choices is baked sweet potatoe
and I wondered it that was a common thing in the south or an
affectation.

--
Siobhan Perricone

Roasted or baked sweet potatoes are, indeed, very common in the southern
US, but perhaps even more common in southern homes than in restaurants.
For many families, roasted sweet potatoes would be served at least weekly.
Years ago they were often roasted in the coals of the fireplace instead of
in an oven.

Wayne

(WhansaMi) says:

I was just wondering if baked sweet potatoes are a common side dish in
restaurants in the southern US.

We just ate at a Longhorn Steak House (it's new in Burlington, VT) for
lunch, it was nice enough. Decent ribeye that I didn't have to cook or
clean up after. Anyway, one of the side choices is baked sweet potatoe and
I wondered it that was a common thing in the south or an affectation.

Oh, yeah. Baked sweet potatoes (with butter, cinnamon, and sugar) are very
common in the south.

More likely yams.


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In article ,
(PENMART01) wrote:

(WhansaMi) says:

I was just wondering if baked sweet potatoes are a common side dish in
restaurants in the southern US.

We just ate at a Longhorn Steak House (it's new in Burlington, VT) for
lunch, it was nice enough. Decent ribeye that I didn't have to cook or
clean up after. Anyway, one of the side choices is baked sweet potatoe and
I wondered it that was a common thing in the south or an affectation.

Oh, yeah. Baked sweet potatoes (with butter, cinnamon, and sugar) are very
common in the south.

More likely yams.

Nope. They're *called* yams in some part of the country, but they're
not; they're potatoes. Yams are not orange, and not sweet, and not
small. And mostly not available, except in Asian markets.

Isaac

In article ,
Isaac Wingfield wrote:

In article ,
(PENMART01) wrote:

(WhansaMi) says:

I was just wondering if baked sweet potatoes are a common side dish in
restaurants in the southern US.

We just ate at a Longhorn Steak House (it's new in Burlington, VT) for
lunch, it was nice enough. Decent ribeye that I didn't have to cook or
clean up after. Anyway, one of the side choices is baked sweet potatoe and
I wondered it that was a common thing in the south or an affectation.

Oh, yeah. Baked sweet potatoes (with butter, cinnamon, and sugar) are very
common in the south.

More likely yams.

Nope. They're *called* yams in some part of the country, but they're
not; they're potatoes. Yams are not orange, and not sweet, and not
small. And mostly not available, except in Asian markets.

Isaac


http://homecooking.about.com/library...y/aa112497.htm

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Katra wrote:
In article ,
Isaac Wingfield wrote:

In article ,
(PENMART01) wrote:

(WhansaMi) says:

I was just wondering if baked sweet potatoes are a common side dish in
restaurants in the southern US.

We just ate at a Longhorn Steak House (it's new in Burlington, VT) for
lunch, it was nice enough. Decent ribeye that I didn't have to cook or
clean up after. Anyway, one of the side choices is baked sweet potatoe and
I wondered it that was a common thing in the south or an affectation.

Oh, yeah. Baked sweet potatoes (with butter, cinnamon, and sugar) are very
common in the south.

More likely yams.

Nope. They're *called* yams in some part of the country, but they're
not; they're potatoes. Yams are not orange, and not sweet, and not
small. And mostly not available, except in Asian markets.

Isaac


http://homecooking.about.com/library...y/aa112497.htm

K

A quote from the article in the link Katra provided above:

"The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not
even distantly related to the sweet potato. Rarely found in US markets, the yam
is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150
varieties available worldwide. Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato,
this tuber can grow over seven feet in length. The word yam comes from African
words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in
America in 1676."

I guess they're *not* "More likely yams."

BOB

In article ,
" BOB" wrote:

Katra wrote:
In article ,
Isaac Wingfield wrote:

In article ,
(PENMART01) wrote:

(WhansaMi) says:

I was just wondering if baked sweet potatoes are a common side dish in
restaurants in the southern US.

We just ate at a Longhorn Steak House (it's new in Burlington, VT) for
lunch, it was nice enough. Decent ribeye that I didn't have to cook or
clean up after. Anyway, one of the side choices is baked sweet potatoe
and
I wondered it that was a common thing in the south or an affectation.


Oh, yeah. Baked sweet potatoes (with butter, cinnamon, and sugar) are
very
common in the south.

More likely yams.

Nope. They're *called* yams in some part of the country, but they're
not; they're potatoes. Yams are not orange, and not sweet, and not
small. And mostly not available, except in Asian markets.

Isaac


http://homecooking.about.com/library...y/aa112497.htm

K

A quote from the article in the link Katra provided above:

"The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not
even distantly related to the sweet potato. Rarely found in US markets, the
yam
is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150
varieties available worldwide. Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato,
this tuber can grow over seven feet in length. The word yam comes from
African
words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in
America in 1676."

I guess they're *not* "More likely yams."

BOB

Great article huh? ;-)

K.

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Siobhan Perricone wrote:
I was just wondering if baked sweet potatoes are a common side dish in
restaurants in the southern US.

We just ate at a Longhorn Steak House (it's new in Burlington, VT) for
lunch, it was nice enough. Decent ribeye that I didn't have to cook or
clean up after. Anyway, one of the side choices is baked sweet
potatoe and I wondered it that was a common thing in the south or an
affectation.

Well, I live in the Southern U.S. and I often bake sweet potatoes as opposed
to regular baking potatoes and I'll tell you why. They are moist and tasty
without requiring a lot of butter, sour cream or other toppings to make them
taste good. I treat them as I would a regular spud; rubbed with a little
butter or oil, baked at a high temp for an hour. Split open and add just a
tad of butter, salt & pepper. Oh yum!

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

Siobhan Perricone wrote:

I was just wondering if baked sweet potatoes are a common side dish in
restaurants in the southern US.

We just ate at a Longhorn Steak House (it's new in Burlington, VT) for
lunch, it was nice enough. Decent ribeye that I didn't have to cook or
clean up after. Anyway, one of the side choices is baked sweet
potatoe and I wondered it that was a common thing in the south or an
affectation.

Well, I live in the Southern U.S. and I often bake sweet potatoes as opposed
to regular baking potatoes and I'll tell you why. They are moist and tasty
without requiring a lot of butter, sour cream or other toppings to make them
taste good. I treat them as I would a regular spud; rubbed with a little
butter or oil, baked at a high temp for an hour. Split open and add just a
tad of butter, salt & pepper. Oh yum!

In a couple of my restaurants, we *smoked* sweet potatoes. We
dry-smoked them in one, and pressure-smoked in another. The dry-smoker
was the same unit we used for catering jobs that called for BBQ. We
also had a commercial pressure smoker (Smokaroma, if anyone knows
them) that could do most of a case at once. Extravagantly wonderful.
Also did white potatoes. Grand.

Served them with too much butter. Heavenly.

Pastorio

Katra saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us all
about it on Sun, 07 Mar 2004 01:37:32 -0600:

In article ,
" BOB" wrote:

Katra wrote:

http://homecooking.about.com/library...y/aa112497.htm

K

A quote from the article in the link Katra provided above:

"The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not
even distantly related to the sweet potato. Rarely found in US markets, the
yam
is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150
varieties available worldwide. Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato,
this tuber can grow over seven feet in length. The word yam comes from
African
words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in
America in 1676."

I guess they're *not* "More likely yams."

BOB

Great article huh? ;-)

Interesting. Thanks for sharing Katra. I didn't know they were
different... I adore sweet potato I never put sugar, butter or
(ugh) marshmallows with it though - it's fine just by itself!
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Kajikit wrote:

Katra saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us all
about it on Sun, 07 Mar 2004 01:37:32 -0600:

In article ,
" BOB" wrote:

Katra wrote:

http://homecooking.about.com/library...y/aa112497.htm

K

A quote from the article in the link Katra provided above:

"The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is
not
even distantly related to the sweet potato. Rarely found in US markets,
the
yam
is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over
150
varieties available worldwide. Generally sweeter than than the sweet
potato,
this tuber can grow over seven feet in length. The word yam comes from
African
words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in
America in 1676."

I guess they're *not* "More likely yams."

BOB

Great article huh? ;-)

Interesting. Thanks for sharing Katra. I didn't know they were
different... I adore sweet potato I never put sugar, butter or
(ugh) marshmallows with it though - it's fine just by itself!
~Karen AKA Kajikit
Lover of shiny things...


I knew there was a difference, but decided to google for it. G
You are most welcome.

I pressure cooked sweet potatoes for the first time this last
Thanksgiving. Bring up to pressure and turn to low for about 20 minutes,
then turn off. The peel falls right off and I just serve them with a
little sweet butter and let each person salt to taste.

Yummmmmmmmmmmm...... ;-d

Pressure cooking them is fast and easy, and makes no mess in the oven!
I'll be cooking them that way from now on.

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Katra wrote:
In article ,
" BOB" wrote:


A quote from the article in the link Katra provided above:

"The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not
even distantly related to the sweet potato. Rarely found in US markets, the
yam
is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150
varieties available worldwide. Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato,
this tuber can grow over seven feet in length. The word yam comes from
African
words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in
America in 1676."

I guess they're *not* "More likely yams."

BOB

Great article huh? ;-)

K.

Yes. I knew that yams and sweet potatos were different, but didn't realize that
they were unrelated. I guess it's true, you *can* learn something new every
day. '-)

BOB

I don't know about the South, but here on Thanksgiving, they go into the BBQ
with the turkey when there is about an hour to go.

Or, slice the raw sweet potatoes into large steak-house type fries, brush
with olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic, and roast at 450-500° in the oven,
about 30 minutes, turning them halfway through.

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"Siobhan Perricone" wrote in message
news
I was just wondering if baked sweet potatoes are a common side dish in
restaurants in the southern US.

We just ate at a Longhorn Steak House (it's new in Burlington, VT) for
lunch, it was nice enough. Decent ribeye that I didn't have to cook or
clean up after. Anyway, one of the side choices is baked sweet potatoe and
I wondered it that was a common thing in the south or an affectation.

--
Siobhan Perricone
The actions taken by the New Hampshire Episcopalians are an affront to
Christians everywhere. I am just thankful that the church's founder, Henry
VIII, and his wife Catherine of Aragon, his wife Anne Boleyn, his wife
Jane
Seymour, his wife Anne of Cleves, his wife Catherine Howard and his wife
Catherine Parr are no longer here to suffer through this assault on our
"traditional Christian marriage."
- Owen Keavney