Sweet Potatoes

1) Ingredients

• Sweet potatoes, as many as you desire
• Brown sugar
• Butter

Directions

1. Boil potatoes until nearly cooked through
2. Remove from water
3. Peel and slice potatoes
4. Sprinkle with brown sugar
5. Fry in hot butter 

 

2) Ingredients

• Sweet potatoes, as many as you desire
• Lard

Directions

1. Peel and slice raw sweet potatoes
2. Soak in very cold water
3. Fry in hot lard
4. More lard and hotter makes potatoes dryer

3) Ingredients

• Sweet potatoes, as many as you desire
• Butter
• Brown sugar

 Directions

1. Boil sweet potatoes
2. Remove from water
3. Peel potatoes
4. Mash potatoes with butter
5. Put in baking dish
6. Cover with brown sugar
7. Bake at 425 degrees Fahrenheit until soft 

Additional Notes

Sweet potatoes are improved if the tough outside skin is removed, and cooked under roast beef.

 

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Bruce R. Magee
Louisiana Anthology
November 5, 2014