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>> 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
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wot no beetroot no salad is complete with slices of beetroot :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe she uses fresh? I'm the only one in this house that will
>>>>>> eat
>>>>>> beets.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do truly HATE beets...and sweet potatoes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheri
>>>>
>>>> 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.

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>> 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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> Maybe it's more of a US thing. When I was a kid, my mom made that
> sweet potato casserole with marshmallows browned on top every time she
> made a ham or a turkey, and all holidays. Errrrrrrk. She also used to
> stick those whole cloves all over hams, with the pineapple slices and
> marachino cherries in the pineapple holes. I could handle the
> pineapple/cherries, but not the cloves stuck in. Another huge
> Errrrrrrk.


I recall we only had the cloves in the ham not the cherries and
pineapple but I have seen pics of it like you describe. I don't mind
cloves, I put it in stewed apples.