In article >,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> On Sun 13 Feb 2005 09:04:43p, The Joneses wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > Well, I decided the family needed shaking up. I combined 3 baked and
> > mashed sweet potatoes with 3 boiled russets (should have whipped them by
> > theirselfs). I always add a coupla cloves of garlic to the water. I
> > used lots of butter, but didn't need any more liquid as sweet pots are
> > pretty squishy all alone. I got lumpy not quite sweet maspped
> > (mashed/whipped) potatoes. The flavors did not meld, but covered up one
> > another's best qualities. It was edible, even good, but not great and I
> > won't do that again. They might make tasty pancakes, tho. The pork
> > roast in beer was great, with visions of leftovers...
> > Edrena
>
> Sometime try fork-mashed sweet potatoes and carrots together, then stir in
> some caramelized onions. Very good with pork.

Sounds a little like a dish I had in Amsterdam 30 years ago -- mashed
root vegetables, called "hutspot" or "hotspot" or something like that.
Came with boiled beef at a working class restaurant. Good stuff.

Priscilla
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"And what's this crap about Sodomites? It's always Sodomites this and
Sodomites that. What about us Gomorrahians? We were there too; we
deserve some mention. Sodom always gets the credit, and Gomorrah always
does the work." - JohnN in alt.religion.christian.episcopal