On Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 12:36:58 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 4:14:13 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> > On sale....finally!
> >
> > This is the local season here for them and always sold cheap
> > right before Thanksgiving.
> >
> > Yesterday, my store sold them for $0.89lb. I don't think so.
> > Now today and for the next 9 days, on sale for $0.19lb and
> > they are local grown. If I buy on Thursdays (this week and
> > next), will be 18 cents a pound with my old-folks discount.
> >
> > I think might buy a few now.
> >
> > I like them plain cooked with butter and S&P
> > Like them in my pea soup
> > Like them in many other recipes too.
> >
> > I don't make the traditional casserole with brown sugar
> > but I do have a good recipe that includes peaches.
> > That's a pretty good combo of flavors.
>
> I have some sweet potatoes that were selling for $2.99/lb. I stuck them in
> the slow cooker overnight. Just for laughs, I stuck in a couple of Idaho
> spuds. I'll probably make some hash with the white potatoes or fry it up
> with some eggs. The sweet potatoes might get made into some pies. It's the
> stupidest, simplest, way to cook a sweet potato.
>
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>
> How did they turn out? Have you done it before? High or low?

I've never done it before but they come out fine. You just toss the potatoes in the slow cooker and forget about it. I used the low setting. It was about 11 hours before I checked on it. Now I have to do something with it. I had a couple of white potatoes in there so I fried it up with some Portuguese sausage and topped it with tomatoes and scrambled eggs.

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