Sweet Potatoes

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otoothlessone
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Let's say some sweet potatoes fell off a truck, now what? I have no idea but I would sure hate to waste an opportunity. If anybody has any suggestions please help me out. thanks
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Apparently sweet 'taters are a good contender for alcohol. Reference
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They're delicious french fried. And they make delicious mashed potatoes too. Baked is good as well. Sweet potatoes are very nutritious and a great compliment to a meal.

Brewing with them....someone else's department.
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still_stirrin wrote:They're delicious french fried. And they make delicious mashed potatoes too. Baked is good as well. Sweet potatoes are very nutritious and a great compliment to a meal.

Brewing with them....someone else's department.
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MCH had some success with em, dug a big hole in the ground and roasted them, I can't recall the ratios but it was somewhere around 50lb worth of em to bottle of booze
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I tried a sweet potato whiskey made by Corbin Cash a local farmer/ distiller. Its interesting. They also make an award winning vodka. It might be worth a try if you have a couple hundred pounds of potatoes to process.
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A sack of them fell off a truck just outside my shed :D

I've been researching what to do with them and it looks promising.
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NZChris wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2019 12:15 am A sack of them fell off a truck just outside my shed :D

I've been researching what to do with them and it looks promising.
Keep us updated. When I did some looking into it early this year, it didnt seem bad. Be nice if it would work out since I have a very good supply of free sweet tators.
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Just following up on this! Did you try the taters’? What did you decide on? Your results? Just saw a video from a to be unnamed YTer, and saw a vodka production. I would be very interested in the character of a whiskey with them.
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Nanacooks wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 6:30 am a video from a to be unnamed YTer,
And you still choose to watch that garbage?
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And you still choose to watch that garbage?
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