Julia Altshuler wrote:

> 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.)
>
I LOVE pumpkin pie, but don't care for any sweet potato pie I've eaten.
People seem to make them sweeter, and often vanilla-y, which I care for
less than a good spicy, less sweet pumpkin pie.