jmcquown wrote:
I never worked
> up the nerve to try them until I realized you could do more than make that
> horrid (southern U.S.) "sweet potato pie" which people tend to top with mini
> marshmallows. Ugh!


If you like pumpkin pie or custard, there's no reason not to like sweet
potato pie. Just leave off the marshmallows and use whipped cream. It
is just baked sweet potato, mashed and mixed with eggs and milk or cream
or evaporated milk, some sweetener and spices. When the sweet potato is
baked again, it gets sweeter. A lot of people don't realize that you
can vary the amount of sugar in Southern cooking. If you do that and
don't overcook the vegetables, it really isn't half bad. (Also skip the
coke served at breakfast.)


--Lia