Purple Sweet Potatoes

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I found this article on The SpruceEats website about purple sweet potatoes:

Purple sweet potatoes (sometimes mistakenly called purple yams) are fun to cook with and can be used in many of the same ways as the more familiar orange or white sweet potatoes. Though some varieties have white skin, cutting one open will reveal their violet-colored surprise. Popular in some Asian and Latin cuisines (but not to be confused with Japanese sweet potatoes), they add a brilliant pop of color to food and require just a few adaptations to cook.

What Are Purple Sweet Potatoes?

Purple sweet potatoes are root vegetables. The tubers taper to points on both ends and are members of the Ipomoea genus, just like other sweet potatoes (yams are of the genus Dioscorea). There are two main varieties—Okinawa (white skin) and Stokes (purple skin)—though they share the characteristic of having a deep purple flesh. The color comes from anthocyanins, the same pigment that gives cherries, strawberries, purple carrots, and other vegetables their color. These sweet potatoes are easy to prepare and cook. They’re not as easy to find as regular sweet potatoes and are more of a specialty item, so they will cost a little more.

Sweet potatoes that have brown, red-orange, or white skin with orange or white flesh are native to Colombia and southern Central America. After Columbus’ discoveries, they were brought to Asia, and varieties with white skin and speckled pale purple flesh were developed on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Today, they are widely grown in Hawaii and exported to the United States mainland where they are popular with Asian and Latinx communities.

How to Cook with Purple Sweet Potatoes

Purple sweet potato skins are edible, though some recipes recommend peeling them first. When cooking, purple sweet potatoes will take longer than regular sweet potatoes. You will need to bake them anywhere from 90 minutes to 2 hours at 350 F to make them pleasingly moist.

Purple sweet potatoes are wonderful boiled, steamed, or baked alongside regular sweet potatoes. They can be used in many of the same ways you’d use an orange or white potato, and the colorful result puts a fun spin on mashed potatoes, fries, and soups.

If you’re going to use this sweet potato in baked goods, you do need to be cautious about recipes that include baking soda. Combining the two ingredients may turn the potato’s flesh green.

What Does It Taste Like?

Purple sweet potatoes have a rich, almost winey flavor with a creamy texture. They are denser and drier than regular sweet potatoes, which is why moist cooking methods and longer times are recommended.

Purple Sweet Potato Recipes

While you may be hard-pressed to find recipes that specifically call for purple sweet potatoes, they can work in nearly any recipe that uses regular sweet potatoes. Just keep in mind the extended cooking time when using them as a substitute.

Where to Buy Purple Sweet Potatoes

Okinawan sweet potatoes enjoy a year-round season while the Stokes Purple variety is typically available from September through June. Like other sweet potatoes, the peak season for the purple varieties is during the fall and winter months. They may not be available in every grocery store, depending on where you live. You’ll have the best luck at specialty markets, including those that cater to Asian foods. Like other potatoes, they are sold by the pound, either loose or weighed out in bags (3 pounds is common). You can also buy them in larger bulk quantities at some stores or online. You can grow purple sweet potatoes at home, though the availability of the slips or shoots for planting is limited and not always easy to find. The Okinawan variety needs a similar climate to Okinawa, such as Hawaii, while Stokes Purple is a better choice for home gardens on the U.S. mainland.

Look for purple sweet potatoes that are firm. Avoid any with soft or brown spots, sprouts, or wrinkled skin.

Storage

Sweet potatoes, in general, do not store as well as regular potatoes. Avoid bruising these potatoes as the slightest damage can cause the entire sweet potato to go bad. You can keep them at room temperature for about a week. For longer storage, keep them in a dry, dark, and cool place with good ventilation and use within a few weeks. Storing any sweet potato in the refrigerator can throw off the flavor and lead to a very hard center.

Cooked sweet potatoes can be stored in an airtight container for a week. Like other sweet potatoes, you can also freeze them after cooking, whether whole and baked or as a casserole.

SOURCE: TheSpruceEats    Darlene Schmidt

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    1. I missed seeing the moon because I fell asleep before my husband woke up. However I did catch the Gorgeous Sunrise! Somewhat of a red sky in the morning so maybe that means we’ve got some weather coming in…

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    2. Good morning! The predicted blizzard has arrived but it’s really a mini-blizzard here. I got up around 5:30 to pee when it wasn’t snowing at all and went back to sleep. Now we’ve got 2-3 inches and it’s supposed to continue into the afternoon. Windy, sure, but not the 30-40 MPH winds they suggested were possible. Temp is 29 so not bitterly cold either. I expect other parts of the state are getting it worse.

      I’ve never even seen purple sweet spuds much less tried them. I’ll stick to regular yams, which I do love. I eat a lot of it with chunks of ham these days.

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          1. gees…we’re supposed to get to 50* and be sunny. hoping to get another load of firewood in the truck and then unloaded in the basement after lunch…we used pretty much all we had inside lately

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            1. From what I understand, this thing is headed your way so stock up! Maybe it will be further south or even peter out by the time it gets to you.

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              1. they are talking rain later in the week but temps approaching 60* by then.
                hopefully our daughter and her family will be up for Easter–so we can take our granddaughter shopping for her birthday like we always do…she loves to take Grandpa shoe shopping…LMAO

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              2. Ha! That brings to mind that joke I posted long, long ago…..about taking her Dad shoe shopping and sitting near a teen-ager with multi-color hair who she asked what he was staring at…..”Got stoned once and fucked a parrot – was wondering if you were my daughter!”

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  7. Hi Pat & gang, I’m copying a “good news” comment I shared at the Q-Tree. I’d Really Appreciate prayers for a safe delivery for grand baby #3 who is now “over due”. Love & Blessings! <3

    Hey all, my amazing hubby spearheaded a gathering chez nous yesterday of our family in celebration of our son Brandon’s completion of his trial fire fighting period. So he has “gotten his badge” officially though has yet to receive the actual badge in his hand. At some point a chief will drop by the firehouse to hand it to him personally.

    Last week he was also honored by a local hospital, Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital, for saving the life of a 30-something man who had had his leg amputated in some type of accident in his front yard. B said the ER doctor was telling the other hospital staff when they brought the patient in that the tourniquet that Brandon had a applied was “textbook” & was the reason the man was still alive. B didn’t know if they were able to reattach the leg or not since the man was in the hospital in the window where it was possible but once they pass a patient to hospital staff they don’t usually find out about outcomes unless it comes up conversationally later.

    So he has a nice Commendation Certificate for saving a life to start out his official Detroit Fire-Fighting career!

    Michael cooked up a Mexican themed feast w/ beef, chicken, shrimp, refried beans, grilled onions & peppers, homemade guacamole, fresh squeezed lemonade, & moar. Our daughter Clarissa made a special “cake” of gingerbread assembled like a fire engine that she put 5-10 hours into between research & execution. She’s becoming our go-to specialty cake maker to add a unique touch to family events! Michael got a couple pics of it 🙂 Hopefully there will still be some of that “fire truck” to share with his station on Brandon’s next regular shift later this week!

    Brandon had finished his 24 hour shift at 8 am yesterday & ended up sleeping through church & arriving later than everyone else as he was so whipped & didn’t get good sleep since he was “on the box” I believe, assigned to answer the phone, that rang numerous times (atypically for that station) during the night. He was wearing a “rack hat” that he got from doing a half marathon a while back that ran between Detroit & Windsor, Ontario so it is also a nice, apropos acquisition given his Canadian girlfriend (likely to soon be his fiancée, having obtained the Blessing on a recent trip to Toronto).

    Oh & yesterday was the due date for grandbaby #3 who didn’t make “her” grand entrance just yet so old oldest son, DIL, & oldest granddaughter were thankfully able to attend our celebration. We are thankful with hearts overflowing & anticipating that new arrival sometime this week. God is good! <3

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      1. TY so much Pat! So far B hasn’t even really dealt w/ a serious fire in Detroit, just a garage fire…in Six Months of being in a firehouse! Detroit’s arson problem has been significantly reduced w/ the removal of many vacant properties in recent years.

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        1. still…that he chose a profession like this? says a lot about his character. it serves the community, saves lives, and isn’t glamorous–altho i did hear that fireman make some awesome calendars…lol

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          1. YW – don’t hesitate to ask. You have much to be proud of in your children! You done good, lady!!! Congrats to Brandon!

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  10. Just The News: “Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun and two other top company executives are stepping down, the aviation manufacturing company announced Monday.

    Their resignation comes amid ongoing problems related to production problems and the safety of Boeing’s passenger jets, according to NBC News

    “President and CEO Dave Calhoun today announced his decision to step down as CEO at the end of 2024, and he will continue to lead Boeing through the year to complete the critical work underway to stabilize and position the company for the future,” Boeing said in a statement.

    The company’s recent problems began in January when a door panel blew out on a Boeing 737 Max plane flown by Alaska Airlines.

    The Justice Department is investigating that matter.” 

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        1. they will never admit their recent hires are not up to the task. and that might be a corporate decision that needs to be changed–but that means getting rid of the inept ground workers as well

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  11. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/23/politics/fulton-county-da-fani-willis-says-the-train-is-comingfor-trump-and-his-co-defendants/index.html

    Our Take: “Just a reminder that, in his disqualification order, Judge McAfee floated the idea that it was time to gag the DA’s office. If there wasn’t enough of a reason before this weekend, there certainly is now. 

    Willis has been disqualified from prosecuting cases before after publicly speaking about the guilt of the accused and, while McAfee didn’t DQ her, he did warn her. Trump Attorney Steve Sadow picked up on this immediately following Willis’ interview, posting on X, ‘Apparently Judge McAfee’s warning to Willis in his disqualification order about talking about the case in a public forum is simply being ignored. Does that surprise anyone??’

    No Mr. Sadow, but it will be surprising if you don’t push to gag her. You now have everything you need for that motion.” Ashe in America

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  12. https://revolver.news/2024/03/motor-city-bloodbath-latest-move-just-cost-biden-michigan/

    Revolver Excerpt:

    Joe Biden might say his Corvette goes “vroom,” but it looks like his campaign has completely stalled out, not just in the Motor City but across the whole state of Michigan. President Trump is now cruising ahead with a commanding lead in the “Mitten” state, and after Biden’s recent policy decision, it seems like his chances are hitting a dead end. The Biden regime has proposed new emission standards requiring that 70 percent of all vehicle sales by 2032 must be electric.

    Meanwhile, Ford and other car makers are cutting back on failed EV programs.

    […]

    Biden’s green agenda is dead in the water, but it seems as if nobody’s bothered to tell him. So, can we call this a bloodbath yet?”

    — Revolver News

    Our Take: “President Trump was already pulling ahead in nearly all polls in Michigan, and he has seemingly just gotten an unintended boost from the Biden administration, of all places. 

    On Friday, Resident Biden and his fakeministration proposed that 70% of all vehicle sales are to be electric by 2032. 

    This move coming as many manufacturers are giving up the ghost on EV’s and either ending their programs or cutting them down significantly to save costs. 

    From batteries that cost as much as a used car to tire wear 5x the rate of a gas driven car, an electric car future is simply not feasible at this point — and everyone seems to realize that fact except the screechy Climate-Karens on the left. 

    The bigger point here is that this proposed policy will almost assuredly hand Michigan to Donald Trump come November. He was already leading the polls by 8 points in Michigan before this insanely retarded move by the Biden Admin. We will have to wait and see how the numbers will reflect, but my guess is we see Trump jump out to a 12-15 point lead in MI soon. 

    One could say ‘It’s gonna be a bloodbath.’” Paul Fleuret

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  13. “The radical Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (“DEI”) agenda has infected our aviation industry and airlines, leading to the hiring of unskilled and unqualified airplane mechanics, engineers, and even pilots. 

    This madness must end before it’s too late. 

    Sign this petition now to tell airlines to stop prioritizing dangerous DEI policies over our safety!”

    https://www.joinwithprageru.com/dei/

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  14. EXCERPT: “Most Election talk of the current day revolves around: ‘What happens to America if Donald Trump doesn’t win the presidency on Nov. 5, 2024’? As of today, 2024 Republican frontrunner Trump is just hours away from potential asset seizure as he faces a $454M bond deadline.

    Aside from the widely-spread, media-propped Democrat propaganda that ‘democracy dies if Trump is elected,’ how many are asking ‘What will really happen if Trump IS elected in 2024?’ Grinding-to-a-halt LITIGATION

    If lawfare and the RINO plan to ban Trump from the 2024 ballot already underway fail, ‘What will REALLY happen if Trump arrives back in the Oval Office’? Grinding-to-a-halt LITIGATION—four long years of it, which has already been put into place.

    Everything Trump tries to do to Make America Great Again will be dragged through the courts by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)—who are more than exceedingly well prepared for it.

    …”The ACLU is already coordinating with other advocacy groups to develop plans for fighting Trump’s agenda in the courts, and why ()Romero thinks legal battles may be less important than public protest in determining how American democracy will look in 2029 if Trump wins. (The Atlantic, March 17, 2024)

    The ACLU is coming at Trump and his impressive MAGA supporters with this haughty attitude: ‘All We Must Do Is Survive Four Years.’

    https://canadafreepress.com/article/election-2024-stay-the-course-by-standing-up-for-trump-and-america

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    1. he needs to clear the deck day one–the DOJ and the judiciary asap. look at all the cases the current DOJ refuses to prosecute…

      and we need to go on the f*ckin OFFENSIVE for once.

      tie them up in courts before they tie us up!

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  15. Just The News: “Former President Donald Trump appeared in court Monday for a hearing as part of the ongoing hush money case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

    “This is a witch hunt! This is a hoax! Thank you,” the former president told the press as he entered the Manhattan court.

    Trump was charged by Bragg with 34 counts of falsifying business documents related to a reimbursement to his lawyer, Michael Cohen.

    The lawyer, Trump’s former fixer, alleges he made payments to former adult film actress Stormy Daniels under a nondisclosure agreement to prevent her from publicizing allegations she had an affair with Trump before the 2016 presidential election. 

    The hearing today comes as Bragg’s case faces a delay. Last week, federal prosecutors began turning over hundreds of thousands of pages of documents to Trump’s defense team, prompting calls to postpone the start of the trial so there would be time to review new evidence.”

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  16. The snow/wind isn’t stopping the birds on the feeders or that damned squirrel! All I have to do now is open the door and yell and she hightails it up the cottonwood tree! LOL

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    1. like me and the de-horned buck.

      when we put out a corn/apple block…the does will all allow group feeding–as many as five at a time I’ve seen. but there is a buck (i can still see the bumps where his horns were and will be again) that does not allow anyone else to feed while he’s there–and he will eat for half an hour if you let him. 

      obviously I will not allow a deer to be a hog…lol

      he has a distinctive white “V” that runs along his eyes down to his nose. i have chased him so many times, the mere sound of the turning of the lock on the door alerts him and he scoots.

      to be fair…when i first started chasing him, he ran off a bit and returned immediately when i went inside. one day i came charging down the ramp and he stood his ground. i didn’t retreat…instead i kept charging and chasing him…much to the amusement of hubby inside. I ran him off another time before he got that i was a threat–took the broom the next time…LOL

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  17. Jerry’s not charging me for straightening that feeder pole. TBH, I kind of expected it since it really only took him about 5 minutes but I did call to see what I owed him. Still snowing, tiny flakes so it’s a dry snow. That’s ok – we had rain off and on all day yesterday.

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      1. I remember the first time he came to pick up my mower – it will be 10 years this year! He was super impressed with what I had done in the back yard.

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  18. i do not condone torture, but i bet this method produces more results than a strongly worded letter or committee investigation. and i did not read or look at the article.

    Freedom ring

    March 25, 2024 11:06 am

    Russia tortures terror suspects. Photos. Not for the faint of heart

    One image shows a suspect named as Shamsuddin Fariddun foaming at the mouth as he lies on a gym floor with his trousers pulled down and wires attached to his groin area. At the other end they are attached to a military radio powered by an 80-volt battery.
    Separate video sees another man, Saidakrami Murodali Rachabalizoda, having his ear severed and then spitting it out as he is forced to eat it.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13233511/Russian-forces-torturing-Moscow-terror-suspect-hooking-genitals-battery.html

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    1. Savages deserve to be treated like savages to a certain extent, IMO. In this case, they have information that is critical so……they chose this, KNOWING what punishment they would receive!

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  25. AMLO’s conditions for helping with the border crisis.
    I say we stop ALL remittances out of the country, close the border, remove your favored nation trade status and you can mind your own business.

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  27. Wethal

    March 25, 2024 1:14 pm

    Reply to  Troublemaker10

    I think there were several reasons why the Court of Appeals did this.

    Although the Court may be Dem-heavy, it does care about the overall credibility of the NY court system. It does not want to be known as a kangaroo court.

    The Court of Appeals may have some genuine concern for the way Letitia twisted a consumer fraud statute to use in a case in which there was no fraud. They may see a need to clarify how this law should be used or even to strike it down as unconstitutionally vague.

    The third reason is that the Court saw the possible devastating effects this case could have on real estate investment in NY, and on the NY economy in general, despite Gov. Hochul’s assurance to potential investors that Trump was a unique case and they needn’t be worried. There may have been some discreet calls from business leaders to acquaintances on the Court of Appeals that they didn’t want NYC to go into a real estate doom loop like San Francisco.

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  28. Entire Article @ ReMIX News: “It isn’t just political parties that are getting ready for the European elections. Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, in liaison with the EU, is in the process of creating an Elections Operations Center, with scores of experts and analysts to identify and resolve potential threats. 

    The center will monitor cyberspace for disinformation, manipulation, and the abuse of AI, removing any content it considers to be false, harmful, or dangerous. In other words, they will act as censors.  

    The monitoring of 27 countries with a total population of 450 million has, according to Meta, required an investment of $20 billion to increase the number of people working in this sphere four-fold to 40,000. This includes 15,000 content verifiers who will examine material on Facebook and Instagram in 70 languages. 

    However, this army of 15,000 censors may not be enough, which is why Meta has decided to liaise with 29 organizations across Europe that have been chosen to monitor as well. All must have the IFCN (International Fact-Checking Network) certificate to guarantee transparency and neutrality. 

    The problem is that the IFCN is a Poynter Institute initiative, funded by leftist and liberal foundations, including those supported by George Soros and Bill Gates, which has engaged in promoting abortion euthanasia, gender ideology, mass migration, and the U.S. Democratic Party. So who will check whether or not they are being neutral? 

    The danger is that there will be the urge to suppress controversial content — content that may turn out to be true, as in the U.S. when people argued that Covid 19 came from a Chinese laboratory.

    Recently, The Wall Street Journal, one of the most renowned and prestigious mainstream titles in the United States, published an article proving that Covid-19 was artificially created in a laboratory in Wuhan. But when four years ago, Steven Mosher, one of the most distinguished experts on China in the West, presented the same thesis, his article was negatively verified by “fact-checkers” and removed as fake news from social media.

    We also saw how such censorious operations may look in the last U.S. presidential election. Big Tech giants removed content about Hunter Biden, declaring it unchecked and fake. In reality, the information turned out to be true and reached the public after the election. What’s to prevent this from recurring in Europe?”

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  43. mass psychosis

    mass psychosis

    March 25, 2024 3:45 pm

    Ballot harvesting banned in Alabama.

    In other news, Republican state takes legal action to keep itself Republican.

    Secretary of State Wes Allen says Alabama’s new absentee voting law in effect for November election

    https://www.al.com/news/2024/03/secretary-of-state-wes-allen-says-alabamas-new-absentee-voting-law-in-effect-for-november-election.html#:~:text=Alabama%20lawmakers%20passed%20SB1%20by,third%20parties%20to%20influence%20elections.

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  45. Patience

    March 25, 2024 4:22 pm

    Amish Farmer Has Court Victory After Government Raid of Farm

    “An Amish farmer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, embroiled in a lawsuit by the state’s Department of Agriculture over the sale of his raw dairy products, will once again be permitted to sell his goods across state lines, according to a statement released on social media by his attorney.”

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/amish-farmer-has-court-victory-after-government-raid-of-farm-5611648

    ““The goal of this case was to make a precedent out of Amos Miller and to discourage small farmers from being in existence,” Mr. Barnes said.”

    -“If they control our food, they can control the people.”

    Like

    1. Didn’t that happen some time ago? I remember posting something, with the same statement from Barnes, about him now being allowed to sell raw milk out of state, but not in state. Did that change?

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  48. “Barn treasure…”

    “Back in the summer of 1905 the 2-masted schooner “E. M. Sawyer” wrecked on the southern tip of Monhegan Island, Maine. The moment was captured by S. P. Rolt Triscott”

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  49. “In light of the recent episodes of “quiet on the set” you may be more right than you think… Nickelodeon’s logo resembles Epstein’s island…”

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  50. SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC STORM–THE STRONGEST IN YEARS: As predicted, a CME struck Earth’s magnetic field on March 24th (1437 UT). The timing of the CME did *not* favor observers in Europe or the United States. Instead, New Zealand got the light show:

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