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maxine > wrote:

> > LOL - my son despises sweet potatoes - he, too, has hated them since he
> > was introduced to them as an infant. *Forget the brown sugar, the orange
> > juice, the marshmallows (ick) and forget I tried to brainwash him one
> > year by telling him they were parsnips, fixed a different way. *No sweet
> > potatoes at his house, that's for sure.
> >
> > Dora
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> I hated them til I tried them roasted like potatoes, and seasoned with
> onion garlic salt and pepper. Whole different veg. Ask him to try
> them that way once, one bite only. If he still doesn't like them,
> there'll be more for me!

I cannot STAND sweet potatoes or winter squashes with added sweetening!
To me, they are sweet enough on their own. I prefer to roast or steam
them and serve them as a savory dish with butter and salt to taste,
maybe some salt free lemon pepper and/or dill weed.
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It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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