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On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 19:43:44 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 11/10/2016 4:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 11/10/2016 1:17 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> >> A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the sweet potatoes that remind me
> >> a lot of chestnuts in flavor. I know you were thinking of the usual
> >> orange type so I get why you didn't see the similarity.
> >>
> >> Guess what they talk about in the latest TJs Fearless Flyer. They
> >> back up my observation:
> >>
> >> http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article/3243

>
> > Thanks for the link. True, I couldn't really relate. The only time I
> > buy sweet potatoes are at the farm stand, and natch they're the orange
> > type so common down here. I can't looking for sweet potatoes at a
> > grocery store in recent years. I might have to look for some of those
> > purple things.

>
> I think of them as red, myself. If you do find them, I hope you
> like it, but you never know. Some woman at Delicious Orchards asked
> me about them. I said I love them, they remind me a lot of chestnuts.
> She said I hate chestnuts and we had a laugh. No red sweet potatoes
> for her.
>

Maybe that's why it's not at the top of my sweet potato list... I
don't like chestnuts either.



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