On 17/03/2011 10:58 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>>> On 16/03/2011 12:10 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
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>>>>>> I don't think this will be too hot as the beans are canned with chilli
>>>>>> already added. I usually make my own by rinsing a large can of beans
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>>>>>> adding it to the meat with the chilli flavouring etc. So it remains to
>>>>>> be seen what the verdict will be. Canned beans, tomatoes and baked
>>>>>> beans
>>>>>> (for one son) are almost the only canned stuff I buy. Sometimes I buy
>>>>>> canned fruit in water as one son likes that occasionally.
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>>>>> Wot no beetroot no salad is complete with slices of beetroot :-)
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>>>> Maybe she uses fresh? I'm the only one in this house that will eat
>>>> beets.
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>>> I do truly HATE beets...and sweet potatoes.
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>>> Cheri
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>> Oh Cheri how could you! Nothing better than a baked sweet potato with
>> butter, cinnamon and dash of sugar.
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> *Runs to bathroom to puke*
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> My mom always made the canned ones, mashed with marshmallows on the top. I
> always thought I hated them because of the marshmallows.

Never seen canned sweet potato, never put marshmallow on a vegetable
either, WHY would anyone put marshmallow on vegetables ? I must have led
a sheltered life :-) Baked with butter and pinch of cinnamon sugar,
nothing nicer.


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RodS T2
Australia

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> Then as an adult, I used to listen to Talknet. No longer on the air. But I
> heard Sally Jesse Raphael describing a baked sweet potato. She made it
> sound sooo good! She only put butter on hers. I tried it. Hated it!
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> Then some years after that, my SIL's mom went overboard on a dinner for me
> because I was a vegetarian. She must have put out at least 12 kinds of
> veggies including sweet potatoes. To be polite, I tried a piece and I liked
> it! So I asked her how she made it. She showed me the can. Straight from
> the can and heated.
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> When I got home, I remembered the name, bought some and hated them. Tried
> them again some years later when Angela was little. Everyone hated them.
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> Angela does like sweet potato fries. I can eat maybe 2 or 3 of those. They
> don't gag me. But I also would never seek them out.
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