Subj : Pick Your Own
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Feb 22 2023 14:58:31

Hi Dale,


 RH> Have you ever had sweet potato butter? Back in 1982 we bought a bushel
 RH> of sweet potatoes (maybe it was half, I don't remember exactly, but it
 RH> was a lot!). I sew aside a lot of the good looking, not too huge ones
 RH> to bake for Steve and the girls. Then I canned about another dozen or
 RH> so jars, still had some potatoes left. So, I decided to try making
 RH> sweet potato butter, basically the same way apple butter is made. IIRC,
 RH> I only got maybe half a dozen or so half pint jars out of it but to
 RH> Steve, it was some of the best thing he'd ever eaten. Spread on a home
 RH> made biscuit hot out of the oven................need I say more? (G)

 DS> I have not tried (nor seen any) sweet potato butter.  But, I would
 DS> certainly like to give it a try if the opportunity ever happened.

It was one of these "ok, I've still got potatoes, what else can I do
with them?" thoughts. I'd been canning and or freezing produce for about
6 months already and was ready to stop for the season when Steve brought
home the potaotes. Not wanting to throw out food, I looked thru a couple
of my old stand by "puttin' up" books for ideas, saw apple butter and
had a "Eureka!" moment. (G) Never have seen it commercially or recipies
for it. BTW, the 2 books are "Preserving Summer's Bounty" (need to check
the author) and Rodale Press's "Stocking Up".

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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