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Freezing Sweet Potatoes Today

12 years ago

When the weather got hot I quit baking anything in my house oven and started using my "summer kitchen" (a crock pot, air oven, and electric skillet on the front porch). That means I haven't cooked as many of last fall's sweet potatoes as I was when the weather was cooler.

Today I pulled a tray of them from under the bed where they've been stored and pulled all the sprouts off them, cut them into consistant sized pieces and DH heated the grill to 250 and started them cooking. I'm just letting them cool under the AC and when they are cool, I will peel them and put them into bags for the freezer. Then come fall/winter I will make sweet potato pie, bread, candied sweetpotatoes, etc.

I was surprised at how well they had kept. I ate a few slices raw and even though they had grown sprouts, the taters were still quite firm and sweet. But note to self. 200+ lbs of sweets are more than our extended family eats over a winter.

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soonergrandmom
12 years ago
Dorothy, I saw a recipe the other day for sweet potato bisquits. I have not made them, but it looked interesting, not for breakfast maybe, but for another meal.

I just bought a small Nesco roaster oven that would be great for the porch. I have two large 18 quart roaster ovens, one Nesco and one cheaper one that has a warming pan unit so you can use like a steam table. They stay packed away except for holiday meals or lots of company.

The Nesco heats from the sides, not the bottom, which makes it great for baking. I bought the six quart size and it is super for normal weekday meals. I ordered it on line and got a really good deal. You could plug it in on the porch and keep a lot of heat out of the house.
mulberryknob
Original Author
12 years ago
Carol, I have a friend who has a roaster oven, tho I don't know the brand. I've been thinking of getting one. Thanks for mentioning the brand name. I will look into it. And yes, I don't cook much in the house at all this time of year. With my appliances and the grill outside, we get by.
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Dorothy, To the best of my knowledge, Nesco is the only one with the heating elements in the sides which they call circle of heat. So it is really an oven, not a slow cooker, but can be used for that type dish as well.

I made a mistake above and told you it was six quart, and that is wrong, it is five quart. The 6 quart is an oval shape and I wanted one that I could put a pan down inside, so the 5 quart worked better for me.

There are some very good deals on this site but they don't seem to stay on the special page very long. I bought the little red one on the attached page because I wanted the porcelain cookwell and not the non-stick one. I was excited to find it for $30.

Here is a link that might be useful: Nesco

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