Sweet Potato

raamv · Post by **raamv** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:11 am

Found some at Lidl next to the sugary aisle!!

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karen · Post by **karen** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:52 am

What color are the insides of the sweet potatoes you are looking for? Do you
like orange or yellow?

karen · Post by **karen** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:15 am

The deep orange ones taste the same to me as in the US. I usually steam them and whip them then add a little butter. How did you prepare yours?

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:23 am

I make soup (sometimes add curry or chargrilled red peppers or coconut milk) but we also eat them as "wedges" - thickly cut chips, rolled in a little olive oil mixed with some runny honey, S&P, paprika then roasted on a very high temperature in the oven.

They taste OK to me.

BTW they should never be stored in the fridge as the low temperature modifies the starch (or something like that) and the taste would not be so good. I leave mine in the fruit bowl until I need them.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:31 am

Try reading through this thread:

bb/viewtopic.php?t=11053&start=0

on the second page there are some links... apparently "sweet potatoes" are different things to different people. For example some people call them yams, depending where you come from.

The ones I buy are the regular bataati: smooth pink outside, orange inside, from Prisma, Citymarket etc.

sinikettu · Post by **sinikettu** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:45 am

But is a pomoea batatas (bataati) a sweet potato?
Yes, according to this source.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweet_potato

More info here..
The soft, sweet, orange variety is called a "yam" in most of the United States but should not be confused with the true yam.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.o ... eet+potato

Yam..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_(vegetable)
Copy paste the complete link including "_(vegetable)"

So what is the differnce?
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990604b.html

enk · Post by **enk** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:21 pm

miksi oi miksi tää ketju haiskahtaa janiheiskalta...

-enk

raamv · Post by **raamv** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:30 pm

enk wrote:miksi oi miksi tää ketju haiskahtaa janiheiskalta...

-enk

siksi se ole maku bata tee!!

karen · Post by **karen** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:02 pm

I bought some at Prisma today and they had both kinds mixed together. The yellowish ones were more purple on the outside and the orange ones were more brown. I almost picked up the wrong one, but the end had been broken off of a brown one and I could see that it was the one I wanted.

karen · Post by **karen** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:44 pm

Prisma Sello

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:11 pm

The fruit and veg in Olari Prisma are less than mediocre. I shop a lot in Olari Prisma because it is so convenient (next to kids' school) but I rarely buy any fruit and veg there. I bought some mardariini/clementiini (whatever) on Friday and they are disgusting. One was already rotten by this afternoon

Iso Omena Citymarket is better, or Sello Citymarket if not too far away.

Karhunkoski · Post by **Karhunkoski** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:28 pm

penelope wrote: I bought some mardariini/clementiini (whatever) on Friday and they are disgusting. One was already rotten by this afternoon

Thanks for reminding me, I was planning to mention this a few weeks back. It does seem that every bag has a badly bruised/rotten fruit in there!

But I manage to cope with chucking one into the green bin seeing as they are only 99 cents per Kg here in Finland, and I just checked Tesco in the UK and they are between £1.50-2.50 per Kg

roughly 2 - 3.5 euros per Kg. Shocking.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:42 pm

But even the ones that don't rot within 2 days have no taste. Very disappointing. Now I buy maybe 3 or 4 at a time and then go back and buy more if they are OK (whereas this time of year I would normally buy 2kgs at a time).

Agree about Tesco/Sainsbury. We had a look around during Christmas and the prices were mental. I didn't bring much back, just some gingernuts and organic chicken stock cubes. What really amazes me are the huge quantities of imported fruit and veg in Tesco et al. And quite often the origins are labelled so discreetly you don't realise you are buying potatoes from Chile until it is too late

I can't believe they sell apples from NZ in Somerset

Somebody must be buying them. Criminal.

edit= (before some smart arse points it out....) I do know that mandarines don't grow in Finland.

Karhunkoski · Post by **Karhunkoski** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:27 pm

penelope wrote:But even the ones that don't rot within 2 days have no taste. Very disappointing. Now I buy maybe 3 or 4 at a time and then go back and buy more if they are OK (whereas this time of year I would normally buy 2kgs at a time).

Yup, I was looking at the same strategy before Chrimbo, but then I discovered that the S Market bags with the green label were usually minging but the ones with blue or purple labels were ok. Sometimes they have both side by side, at the same price.

I remember last year a Turkish guy telling that he could buy 20Kg back home for a euro - he thought 1 euro/Kg was expensive, but then average salary in Turkey is somewhat lower than Finland.

enk · Post by **enk** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:41 pm

The Pirkka bag that was on sale with the Plussa card was quite good,
but I just bought some before the turn of the year and they already
sucked. No taste, about half were dry. Pretty sad.

But they were good for quite some time

-enk

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