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Vegetables To make Sweet Potatoes of Irish Potatoes

to make sweet potatoes of irish potatoes
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(from The Independent, Oskaloosa, Kansas, June 17, 1865)

Ingredients:

Irish potatoes​
common brown sugar​

Instructions:

Steam them well and wring them in a towel to make them mealy, mash till there are no lumps left, and sweeten with common brown sugar to the taste. They are now ready to be baked, fried, or made into puddings.​


I could not resist sharing this for the many who opined about Irish potatoes!

I don't care what they say - that will NOT make anything like a real sweet potato!
 
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But seeing this sweet potato "hack" makes me wonder - were Northern states having trouble getting sweet potatoes because of the war? Did someone invent this method because they needed it?
 
One of my great aunts made a "potato cake". She made mashed spuds with milk, sugar and egg and frosted it with chocolate. I'm curious as to how far back in time this might go ? I can post the recipe. Baker's chocolate is pre-19th century so it's period. She was born in 1890's and probably got it from her mother. Her grandfather was a Confederate veteran and it may have come from that side of the family. :unsure:
 
One of my great aunts made a "potato cake". She made mashed spuds with milk, sugar and egg and frosted it with chocolate. I'm curious as to how far back in time this might go ? I can post the recipe. Baker's chocolate is pre-19th century so it's period. She was born in 1890's and probably got it from her mother. Her grandfather was a Confederate veteran and it may have come from that side of the family. :unsure:
I've seen old recipes for cake with all kinds of vegetables in it. Chocolate beet cake is great!
 
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