In article >, "Dwayne"
> wrote:
> I cut the ends of my sweet potatoes, scrub the rest, coat them in olive
> oil
> (any cooking oil will do), roll them in tin foil, and put them in the
> oven
> at 350 for about an hour.
>
> I raise my own, here in zone 5. Very easy to do. I raise my own slips
> in
> the house and plant them the end of May. I dig the crop in Sept before
> the
> first frost. I give away the big ones and eat the smaller ones.
> Everyone
> who raises them knows that the smaller ones have the best flavor.
>
> They have to be cured properly after harvesting. Curing makes the starch
> turn into sugar, making them sweet enough to eat without adding brown
> sugar.
> Coating them in oil and wrapping in tin foil keeps the moisture inside,
> so
> we don't have to put butter on them. (I am diabetic and that is a life
> saver for me).
>
> I just canned my first 14 pints the other day, after cooking, mashing
> adding Splenda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. It tasted very good going into
> the jars, I hope it tastes as well at serving time.
> Have fun and enjoy. Dwayne
Dwayne, I can't tell from your words if this is the first time ever
you've canned them, or if this is the year's first batch. Regardless,
the recommendations for canning caution _against_ mashing before canning
(you used a steam pressure canner, right?). It has to do with density
of the low-acid product and heat penetration.
Here's the poop on canning sweet potatoes - chunks:
< http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_04/potato_sweet.html>
The National Center for Home Food Preservation is housed at the U of
Georgia and is currently the only place research is happening on behalf
of the USDA for its home food preserving guidelines. Good folks there,
and their website is a gem. If you haven't already done so, have a
look. I like that its search features will also allow you to search
only University sites.
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