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Sweet potato vs white potato
Been reading up on sweet potatoes and it appears they
are not even really a "potato". Also it appears that sweet potatoes have a LOT more nutrition than white potatoes. Having said that I was curious if anyone has given up eating white potatoes altogether? |
Sweet potato vs white potato
I often make mashed potatoes using all Irish potatoes, but throw in one
Yam, to add a pretty color. And it adds a nice flavor. I also like to mix in grated cheddar cheese, sliced green onion, sour cream, fennel, and caraway seed. They're especially nice with Roast Beast;-) Myrl Jeffcoat http://www.myrljeffcoat.com |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:54:13 -0700, Dave Smith
> wrote: >I am allergic to potatoes. > maybe once a week at most. Why? You are allergic...period. Waiting "a week at most" will not make the allergy go away. |
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Ward Abbott > wrote: > On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:54:13 -0700, Dave Smith > > wrote: > > >I am allergic to potatoes. > > maybe once a week at most. > > Why? You are allergic...period. Waiting "a week at most" will not > make the allergy go away. I read that as a humorous post with an implied winkey. Gosh, I hope I was right. leo -- <http://web0.greatbasin.net/~leo/> |
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Ward Abbott > wrote: > On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:54:13 -0700, Dave Smith > > wrote: > > >I am allergic to potatoes. > > maybe once a week at most. > > Why? You are allergic...period. Waiting "a week at most" will not > make the allergy go away. It'll probably make it worse with time too. ;-) I've run into that with my wheat allergy... The last two times I ate some, (6 crackers one time and one flour tortilla the second time), my heart rate hit 130 bpm after about 1/2 hour and took 2 hours to come down. It's starting to cause a drop in blood pressure. -- Peace, Om Remove extra . to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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> wrote in message ... > Been reading up on sweet potatoes and it appears they > are not even really a "potato". > > Also it appears that sweet potatoes have a LOT more > nutrition than white potatoes. Have you tried Japanese sweet potatoes? Great baked, for a snack or as an ingredient--white flesh, low wax. Ken |
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wrote:
> Been reading up on sweet potatoes and it appears they > are not even really a "potato". No kidding. > Having said that I was curious if anyone has given up > eating white potatoes altogether? No. Potatoes taste good. Sweet potatoes taste nasty. Brian -- If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. -- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com) |
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wrote:
> I often make mashed potatoes using all Irish potatoes, but throw in > one Yam, to add a pretty color. And it adds a nice flavor. > > I also like to mix in grated cheddar cheese, sliced green onion, sour > cream, fennel, and caraway seed. They're especially nice with Roast > Beast;-) > > Myrl Jeffcoat > http://www.myrljeffcoat.com Harvest Mashed Potatoes (from my friend Sharon) Note: I've tweaked the directions since I understood perfectly what she meant in her instructions but not everyone might 4 large russet potatoes (2 pounds) 2 medium-size sweet potatoes (1½ pounds) 1/4 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup sour cream 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1 T. prepared horseradish 1/4 t. salt 1/4 t. pepper 1/4 t. ground cinnamon Bake peeled sweet potatoes until tender; mash. Cook russet potatoes (cut large ones in half or quarters) in a Dutch oven in boiling salted water to cover until tender; peel and mash or press through ricer and combine with sweet potatoes. Add 1/2 cup butter and next 8 ingredients; mash with a hand held, non-electric, potato masher until mixture is smooth. Spoon into a casserole dish and bake at 275F about 15 minutes until heated through and starting to lightly brown on top. Serve topped with additional Parmesan cheese if desired. Yield: 8 servings. Jill |
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Default User wrote:
> wrote: > >> Been reading up on sweet potatoes and it appears they >> are not even really a "potato". > > No kidding. > > >> Having said that I was curious if anyone has given up >> eating white potatoes altogether? > > No. Potatoes taste good. Sweet potatoes taste nasty. LOL. I used to think that as a kid. But since we have 'grown our own' sweet potatoes I have changed my mind. Have tried them baked, fried, mashed - you name it. Now, I like both white and sweet potatoes. -- Cheers Chatty Cathy |
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Default User wrote:
> wrote: > >> Been reading up on sweet potatoes and it appears they >> are not even really a "potato". > > No kidding. > > >> Having said that I was curious if anyone has given up >> eating white potatoes altogether? > > No. Potatoes taste good. Sweet potatoes taste nasty. > I didn't care for them when I was a kid but I like them as an adult. The reason being back then everyone served "candied sweet potatoes". apparently they didn't consider that sweet potatoes have tons of flavor and natural sugar and you don't have to do much more than roast them to enjoy all of that flavor. > > > Brian > |
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jay wrote:
> > Home grown sweet potatoes .. how cool! I love potatoes all of 'em. Pork > roast and baked sweet potatoes are a perfect match. Quite so. :) They are even nice done on the (charcoal) grill as a side dish. Thing is, we get so many of them at once that I have to find ways to use them up. LOL. And some of them are 'huge'. Luckily they keep for quite a while ;) Here's one of them: http://www.recfoodcooking.com/pics/SweetPotato.html -- Cheers Chatty Cathy |
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Chatty Cathy > wrote: > jay wrote: > > > > > Home grown sweet potatoes .. how cool! I love potatoes all of 'em. Pork > > roast and baked sweet potatoes are a perfect match. > > Quite so. :) They are even nice done on the (charcoal) grill as a side > dish. Thing is, we get so many of them at once that I have to find ways > to use them up. LOL. And some of them are 'huge'. Luckily they keep for > quite a while ;) > > Here's one of them: > > http://www.recfoodcooking.com/pics/SweetPotato.html > > > -- > Cheers > Chatty Cathy Pretty! Have any pics of the blooming vines? I understand that they are beautiful! -- Peace, Om Remove extra . to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > Pretty! > > Have any pics of the blooming vines? > I understand that they are beautiful! Sorry, no pics of the "green stuff" in flower. Took this one last season after we dug them out. However, will endeavor to do so this year ;) -- Cheers Chatty Cathy |
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Chatty Cathy > wrote: > OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote: > > > > > Pretty! > > > > Have any pics of the blooming vines? > > I understand that they are beautiful! > > Sorry, no pics of the "green stuff" in flower. Took this one last season > after we dug them out. However, will endeavor to do so this year ;) Being related to morning glories, I'll bet they are pretty! Tried making fries with them yet? -- Peace, Om Remove _ to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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George wrote:
> Default User wrote: >> wrote: >> >>> Been reading up on sweet potatoes and it appears they >>> are not even really a "potato". >> >> No kidding. >> >> >>> Having said that I was curious if anyone has given up >>> eating white potatoes altogether? >> >> No. Potatoes taste good. Sweet potatoes taste nasty. >> > > I didn't care for them when I was a kid but I like them as an adult. > The reason being back then everyone served "candied sweet potatoes". > apparently they didn't consider that sweet potatoes have tons of > flavor and natural sugar and you don't have to do much more than > roast them to enjoy all of that flavor. > You're exactly right. They are naturally sweet-tasting (hence the name!) and the skins tend to carmelize a bit when you roast them. I never worked up the nerve to try them until I realized you could do more than make that horrid (southern U.S.) "sweet potato pie" which people tend to top with mini marshmallows. Ugh! But a baked sweet potato with a little butter, salt & pepper is a glorious thing. So are sweet potato "shoe-string" fries, although I don't fry very often so that's more of a once a year treat. Jill |
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jmcquown wrote:
I never worked > up the nerve to try them until I realized you could do more than make that > horrid (southern U.S.) "sweet potato pie" which people tend to top with mini > marshmallows. Ugh! If you like pumpkin pie or custard, there's no reason not to like sweet potato pie. Just leave off the marshmallows and use whipped cream. It is just baked sweet potato, mashed and mixed with eggs and milk or cream or evaporated milk, some sweetener and spices. When the sweet potato is baked again, it gets sweeter. A lot of people don't realize that you can vary the amount of sugar in Southern cooking. If you do that and don't overcook the vegetables, it really isn't half bad. (Also skip the coke served at breakfast.) --Lia |
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Julia Altshuler wrote:
> If you like pumpkin pie or custard, there's no reason not to like sweet > potato pie. Just leave off the marshmallows and use whipped cream. It > is just baked sweet potato, mashed and mixed with eggs and milk or cream > or evaporated milk, some sweetener and spices. When the sweet potato is > baked again, it gets sweeter. A lot of people don't realize that you > can vary the amount of sugar in Southern cooking. If you do that and > don't overcook the vegetables, it really isn't half bad. (Also skip the > coke served at breakfast.) > I LOVE pumpkin pie, but don't care for any sweet potato pie I've eaten. People seem to make them sweeter, and often vanilla-y, which I care for less than a good spicy, less sweet pumpkin pie. |
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:22:04 -0400, Goomba38 >
wrote: >Julia Altshuler wrote: > >> If you like pumpkin pie or custard, there's no reason not to like sweet >> potato pie. >I LOVE pumpkin pie, but don't care for any sweet potato pie I've eaten. >People seem to make them sweeter, and often vanilla-y, which I care for >less than a good spicy, less sweet pumpkin pie. My grandparents used to make me a sweet potato pie every week, when I was a little girl. They used lemon as a flavoring, rather than vanilla. I rarely see it made that way anywhere... I don't like the vanilla flavored ones either. Christine |
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:04:24 -0500, "jmcquown"
> wrote: >George wrote: >> >> I didn't care for them when I was a kid but I like them as an adult. >> The reason being back then everyone served "candied sweet potatoes". >> apparently they didn't consider that sweet potatoes have tons of >> flavor and natural sugar and you don't have to do much more than >> roast them to enjoy all of that flavor. >> >You're exactly right. They are naturally sweet-tasting (hence the name!) >and the skins tend to carmelize a bit when you roast them. I never worked >up the nerve to try them until I realized you could do more than make that >horrid (southern U.S.) "sweet potato pie" which people tend to top with mini >marshmallows. Ugh! But a baked sweet potato with a little butter, salt & >pepper is a glorious thing. So are sweet potato "shoe-string" fries, >although I don't fry very often so that's more of a once a year treat. > >Jill > Yeah, and I like them split and baked with Dijon mustard and lemon and basil and a dash of soy sauce. -- modom "Southern barbecue is a proud thoroughbred whose bloodlines are easily traced. Texas Barbecue is a feisty mutt with a whole lot of crazy relatives." --Robb Walsh, Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook |
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wrote: [snip] > Also it appears that sweet potatoes have a LOT more > nutrition than white potatoes. What do you mean by "a LOT"? I went through this with another poster a while back with iceberg lettuce. The poster claimed that it had no nutritional value, and that therefore only other kinds of lettuce should be used. Well, that's just not true. So I whipped out my trusty nutritional database, and compared white and sweet potatoes: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ I just didn't think that they were that different. The water, calories, protein, fat, carbs and fiber were almost the same. Some of the other nutrients were more different, but nothing really stood out. > Having said that I was curious if anyone has given up > eating white potatoes altogether? Several people gave very good reasons to do this, either a reaction or else they just didn't like them that well. -- Dan Abel Petaluma, California, USA |
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Julia Altshuler wrote:
> jmcquown wrote: > I never worked >> up the nerve to try them until I realized you could do more than >> make that horrid (southern U.S.) "sweet potato pie" which people >> tend to top with mini marshmallows. Ugh! > > If you like pumpkin pie or custard, there's no reason not to like > sweet potato pie. Just leave off the marshmallows and use whipped > cream. Actually, I don't care for sweet stuff at all. I do love baked sweet potatoes with just a little butter, salt & pepper :) Jill |
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Oh pshaw, on Sat 21 Oct 2006 04:48:58p, jmcquown meant to say...
> Julia Altshuler wrote: >> jmcquown wrote: >> I never worked >>> up the nerve to try them until I realized you could do more than >>> make that horrid (southern U.S.) "sweet potato pie" which people tend >>> to top with mini marshmallows. Ugh! >> >> If you like pumpkin pie or custard, there's no reason not to like >> sweet potato pie. Just leave off the marshmallows and use whipped >> cream. > > Actually, I don't care for sweet stuff at all. I do love baked sweet > potatoes with just a little butter, salt & pepper :) My favorite way to eat them, although I do make some dandy candied sliced sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving that are really delicious. No marshmallows! My grandmother used to make a wonderful sweet potato pie that wasn't overly sweet. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ We are upping our standards... so up yours. |
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Will never give up eating white potatoe, however I have a friend that
grows sweet potatoes, they are the best in the world, when you bake them in oven they come out pouring out their sweetness. they are just wonderful. just went out to her house and picked up a peck again today, they are soooooooo good |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > Julia Altshuler wrote: >> jmcquown wrote: >> I never worked >>> up the nerve to try them until I realized you could do more than >>> make that horrid (southern U.S.) "sweet potato pie" which people >>> tend to top with mini marshmallows. Ugh! >> >> If you like pumpkin pie or custard, there's no reason not to like >> sweet potato pie. Just leave off the marshmallows and use whipped >> cream. > > Actually, I don't care for sweet stuff at all. I do love baked sweet > potatoes with just a little butter, salt & pepper :) > > Jill > > Baked, with butter, s & p and a little maple syrup. |
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Ward Abbott wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:54:13 -0700, Dave Smith > > wrote: > > >I am allergic to potatoes. > > maybe once a week at most. > > Why? You are allergic...period. Waiting "a week at most" will not > make the allergy go away. True, but I can get away with it once in a while if I have them in small doses. |
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Green Mtn. Griller wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message > ... >> Julia Altshuler wrote: >>> jmcquown wrote: >>> I never worked >>>> up the nerve to try them until I realized you could do more than >>>> make that horrid (southern U.S.) "sweet potato pie" which people >>>> tend to top with mini marshmallows. Ugh! >>> >>> If you like pumpkin pie or custard, there's no reason not to like >>> sweet potato pie. Just leave off the marshmallows and use whipped >>> cream. >> >> Actually, I don't care for sweet stuff at all. I do love baked sweet >> potatoes with just a little butter, salt & pepper :) >> >> Jill >> >> > > Baked, with butter, s & p and a little maple syrup. There you go with the sweet stuff! You're entitled to your maple syrup but please, I just want butter, s&p on my sweet potato!!! Jill |
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Oh pshaw, on Sat 21 Oct 2006 10:52:21p, jmcquown meant to say...
> Green Mtn. Griller wrote: >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >> ... >>> Julia Altshuler wrote: >>>> jmcquown wrote: >>>> I never worked >>>>> up the nerve to try them until I realized you could do more than >>>>> make that horrid (southern U.S.) "sweet potato pie" which people >>>>> tend to top with mini marshmallows. Ugh! >>>> >>>> If you like pumpkin pie or custard, there's no reason not to like >>>> sweet potato pie. Just leave off the marshmallows and use whipped >>>> cream. >>> >>> Actually, I don't care for sweet stuff at all. I do love baked sweet >>> potatoes with just a little butter, salt & pepper :) >>> >>> Jill >>> >>> >> >> Baked, with butter, s & p and a little maple syrup. > > There you go with the sweet stuff! You're entitled to your maple syrup > but please, I just want butter, s&p on my sweet potato!!! > I would have to agree. Several steakhouses we go to serve huge nicely baked sweet potatoes and promote serving them with a butter/brown sugar/cinnamon mixture. I always decline in deference to plain butter. IMHO, they need no further enhancement. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ We are upping our standards... so up yours. |
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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message 28.19... > Oh pshaw, on Sat 21 Oct 2006 10:52:21p, jmcquown meant to say... > >> Green Mtn. Griller wrote: >>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >>> ... >>>> Julia Altshuler wrote: >>>>> jmcquown wrote: >>>>> I never worked >>>>>> up the nerve to try them until I realized you could do more than >>>>>> make that horrid (southern U.S.) "sweet potato pie" which people >>>>>> tend to top with mini marshmallows. Ugh! >>>>> >>>>> If you like pumpkin pie or custard, there's no reason not to like >>>>> sweet potato pie. Just leave off the marshmallows and use whipped >>>>> cream. >>>> >>>> Actually, I don't care for sweet stuff at all. I do love baked sweet >>>> potatoes with just a little butter, salt & pepper :) >>>> >>>> Jill >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Baked, with butter, s & p and a little maple syrup. >> >> There you go with the sweet stuff! You're entitled to your maple syrup >> but please, I just want butter, s&p on my sweet potato!!! >> > > I would have to agree. Several steakhouses we go to serve huge nicely > baked sweet potatoes and promote serving them with a butter/brown > sugar/cinnamon mixture. I always decline in deference to plain butter. > IMHO, they need no further enhancement. > > -- > Wayne Boatwright > __________________________________________________ > > We are upping our standards... so up yours. > Nope, sorry, it's with maple syrup, or not at all! <jk> ;-) This is Vermont! If we don't consume our Minimum RDA of maple syrup, people talk! Start saying that we're from Massachusetts or Connecticut! The maple does add a nice flavor, though; completely different from brown sugar/cinnamon. End of shameless promotion of the VT Maple Products Producers Association. <whispering> I like 'em without the syrup, too! |
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Oh pshaw, on Sat 21 Oct 2006 11:21:27p, Green Mtn. Griller meant to say...
> > "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message > 28.19... >> Oh pshaw, on Sat 21 Oct 2006 10:52:21p, jmcquown meant to say... >> >>> Green Mtn. Griller wrote: >>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >>>> ... >>>>> Julia Altshuler wrote: >>>>>> jmcquown wrote: >>>>>> I never worked >>>>>>> up the nerve to try them until I realized you could do more than >>>>>>> make that horrid (southern U.S.) "sweet potato pie" which people >>>>>>> tend to top with mini marshmallows. Ugh! >>>>>> >>>>>> If you like pumpkin pie or custard, there's no reason not to like >>>>>> sweet potato pie. Just leave off the marshmallows and use whipped >>>>>> cream. >>>>> >>>>> Actually, I don't care for sweet stuff at all. I do love baked >>>>> sweet potatoes with just a little butter, salt & pepper :) >>>>> >>>>> Jill >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Baked, with butter, s & p and a little maple syrup. >>> >>> There you go with the sweet stuff! You're entitled to your maple >>> syrup but please, I just want butter, s&p on my sweet potato!!! >>> >> >> I would have to agree. Several steakhouses we go to serve huge nicely >> baked sweet potatoes and promote serving them with a butter/brown >> sugar/cinnamon mixture. I always decline in deference to plain butter. >> IMHO, they need no further enhancement. >> >> -- >> Wayne Boatwright >> __________________________________________________ >> >> We are upping our standards... so up yours. >> > > Nope, sorry, it's with maple syrup, or not at all! <jk> ;-) This is > Vermont! If we don't consume our Minimum RDA of maple syrup, people > talk! Start saying that we're from Massachusetts or Connecticut! The > maple does add a nice flavor, though; completely different from brown > sugar/cinnamon. End of shameless promotion of the VT Maple Products > Producers Association. <whispering> I like 'em without the syrup, too! There's no denying the delight of fine maple syrup. My personal favorite is Grade A Dark Amber, or Grade B for cooking. I like it on pancakes, waffles, french toast, in black walnut cake and black walnut ice cream, shorthread, and maple/black walnut fudge. I can't stand it in baked beans, and wouldn't even think of putting it on a sweet potato. Leave my sweet potatoes alone! :-) -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ We are upping our standards... so up yours. |
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"jmcquown" > wrote: > > Baked, with butter, s & p and a little maple syrup. > > There you go with the sweet stuff! You're entitled to your maple syrup but > please, I just want butter, s&p on my sweet potato!!! > > Jill <lol> Ditto here!!!!! I prefer my sweet potatoes served savory...... :-) I often use seasonings and salt on sweet potato fries. Same goes for winter squashes. I will, however, do sweeter winter squash recipes for my father as he likes them that way. Maple works for that. -- Peace, Om Remove _ to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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In article <H5E_g.189$%T3.15@trndny03>,
"Green Mtn. Griller" > wrote: > Nope, sorry, it's with maple syrup, or not at all! <jk> ;-) This is > Vermont! If we don't consume our Minimum RDA of maple syrup, people talk! > Start saying that we're from Massachusetts or Connecticut! The maple does > add a nice flavor, though; completely different from brown sugar/cinnamon. > End of shameless promotion of the VT Maple Products Producers Association. > <whispering> I like 'em without the syrup, too! I prefer my maple syrup served over pancakes (and sausage) or formed into those delectable little maple sugar candies...... ;-d -- Peace, Om Remove _ to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:13:51 -0500, "modom (palindrome guy)"
<moc.etoyok@modom> wrote: >On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:39:18 -0500, wrote: > >>Been reading up on sweet potatoes and it appears they >>are not even really a "potato". >> >>Also it appears that sweet potatoes have a LOT more >>nutrition than white potatoes. >> >>Having said that I was curious if anyone has given up >>eating white potatoes altogether? > >Pretty much so chez modom. South Beach allows sweet potatoes, but not >regulars. How is D doing on the South Beach thang? My recollection (which is always suspect as my memory fades with age...) is that she's lost quite a lot. That diet essentially uses the glycemic index, no? TammyM, could stand to lose a few herself |
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"modom (palindrome guy)" <moc.etoyok@modom> wrote:
>>Having said that I was curious if anyone has given up >>eating white potatoes altogether? > >Pretty much so chez modom. South Beach allows sweet potatoes, but not >regulars. Interesting. Do you happen to know whey South beach allows sweet potatoes but not white ones? |
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