Hey all, food question. Is it possible for one's husband to buy sweet potatoes, and the potatoes in question to look exactly like large Idaho potatoes (light brown with rounded, instead of pointy, ends) and for the suspicious potatoes to be sweet potatoes? I could cut one up to find out but I don't want to.
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
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bon bon - Feb 05, 2011 6:46:46 pm PST #21305 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Liese S. - Feb 05, 2011 6:47:38 pm PST #21306 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I doubt it. Those sound like potato potatoes to me.
Hil R. - Feb 05, 2011 6:49:50 pm PST #21307 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yams have rounded ends.
beekaytee - Feb 05, 2011 6:50:02 pm PST #21308 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I've never seen a stealth sweet potato, bon. I think your husband's hand fell into the wrong bin...or someone pulled a potato prank on him.
Just scratch one, you don't actually have to cut into it to see the color of the flesh.
Hil R. - Feb 05, 2011 6:53:16 pm PST #21309 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Shouldn't sweet potatoes and regular potatoes smell different?
bon bon - Feb 05, 2011 6:56:54 pm PST #21310 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
OK guys, since Hil threw a monkey wrench re: yams, I sliced one open. It's white. I'm gonna assume it's a common potato.
FTR it's pretty easy for Bob to have grabbed a bunch of the wrong potato without being tricked. You could be the best philosophical historian your dissertation adviser has ever seen and be frequently fooled by normal grocery store sign placement. It's A Thing.
So, food question. What's a good make-ahead dish for about 3 lbs of potatoes? eta: I think it'll be twice-baked
Lee - Feb 05, 2011 7:08:44 pm PST #21311 of 30001
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Any chance they are Japanese sweet potatoes? They are white inside.
DavidS - Feb 05, 2011 7:10:33 pm PST #21312 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So, food question. What's a good make-ahead dish for about 3 lbs of potatoes? eta: I think it'll be twice-baked
My go-to with spuds? Spanish tortilla! You'll need eggs, and anything else lying around the fridge you might throw into an omelet. (Cheese, ham, herbs, mushrooms etc.)
quester - Feb 05, 2011 7:16:38 pm PST #21313 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
tommyrot - Feb 05, 2011 7:24:02 pm PST #21314 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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