Holy sweet potatoes, Batman!

[curly_kate]

I guess I waited too long to dig up my sweet potatoes. This was my first year growing them, and I know they are a southern crop. Since this summer was pretty cool, I figured I should leave them in as long as possible. Some of them are big enough to kill a man!! Anyway, will they still be good to eat when they are that big? And if so, do you have any good recipes for them? I was thinking of taking the ginormous ones and mashing them, and then freezing them.

 

[Broke Down Ranch]

Wow, that big one is almost obscene! Seems like you should be able to can them as well

 

[Greensage45]

Wow,

I love the Sweet Potatoes, but I also love your rack!

LOL,...never hear that in a social club!

I can imagine some sliced and fried as potato chips!!!!

Or Sweet Potato French Fries...or Pie! Wow...yummm!

We do get to see pictures of your creations?

Ron

 

[4grandbabies]

What a harvest!!. I am thinking of mashed sweet potatoes, seasoned with butter- brown sugar -cinnamon, and minature marshmellows folded in at the last. Cant beat sweet potatoes fried in butter. Another good recipe is to peel a few sweet potatoes, chunk and boil will tinder crisp, then drain and fold into apples, make a mix of a little milk, brown sugar, nut meg, butter, cinnamon, and bake.
I usually fold in or top with english walnut halves-could use pecans also.

 

[curly_kate]

So I guess the giant ones will still be good? I'm just thinking of veggies like zukes that get kinda gross when they get giant.

 

[4grandbabies]

Pretty sure they will be fine.

 

[curly_kate]

Cool!! on to the recipes....

 

[obsessed]

So how many did you plant and how much space did they take up? i think of doing them but I doubt I will have space for them....

 

[simple life]

I love them cut up into chunks, brushed with olive oil and roasted.
Plain and simple but delicious.
I also love them mashed with marshmallows in them.
I have some growing out there, I guess I should go dig them up.

 

[curly_kate]

So how many did you plant and how much space did they take up? i think of doing them but I doubt I will have space for them....

I planted 4 plants, and got about 28 decent sized tubers (are they actually tubers?). It took about 6x2 of space, but the vines rambled all over the place. I had the beds raised about a foot using tubs with the bottoms cut out.