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Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:56:04 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> > wrote:
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>> On Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 3:51:35 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>>> Gary wrote:
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>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I got a couple purple ones. They were $1.99/lb (eeek), but I had a
>>>>> $2 off of $2+ worth, so I paid about $.40 for two big ones.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm guessing they don't taste like chicken, but rather just like the
>>>>> standard orange ones. Am I right?
>>>>
>>>> That I don't know. Never had purple ones. I don't even remember
>>>> ever seeing them. Isn't that a Hawaii common variety?
>>>
>>> Common in Japan but other than they grow them, might actually come from
>>> another country originally.

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>> They are grown over here and called Okinawan sweet potatoes. If we ship them to the mainland, they'd might be called Hawaiian sweet potatoes. My daughter bought some yesterday. They're called "White Okinawan Sweet Potatoes" but they are not. What gives? Beats me.

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> Okinawa's in Japan, so what do Hawaiians know about it anyway.
>


Certainly not as much as you Druce.

Only Popeye is as wise as yoose.