What to do with over a ton of Purple sweet potatos

[Carey]

OK, we have filled up the Food Basket (former Food Bank) and still there are more!
This is from a friends' field that is N of Papaikou. Their field was picked but there were a lot of potatos that were not export size & shape....usually we pick a field fairly clean & get around 900# for the Food Basket. We have dropped off over 900# at the Food Basket (they are full up on potatos for now) and the field is still full....
The Puna Hongwanji could sell some them at their bazaar, but they are short of volunteers this week to pick up the potatos. I am sure others could use them....but we can only shuttle about 500# (less than an hour of picking) at a time & work & class limit our time....
If any one has a way of getting the potatos & an ideas, email me through the forum (the field will be disked soon, so this is a very limited time offer)



Edited by - carey on 09/06/2007 11:16:50

[emorata]

time for a sweet potato pie festival featuring sweet potato pies and many baked goods, ice cream, candies, bread, pudding, stir-fry dishes, side dishes, sweet potato pie recipe book to sell at your fundraiser, plants you can sell and grow yourself....the uses are limitless.

i'll buy it all since i love purple potatoes....

best,

noel

[Carey]

Hope to bring a few hundred pounds to the punaweb party..... So far hubby & I have distributed almost a ton....and the field still looks full (I think they are replicating....)
Anyone wanna pick these things for their very own &/or to share with others?

[Carolann R]

Carey - I'll take some more...I gave some away to the neighbors and they love 'em...guess what we had for dinner last night?!

Carrie

"All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it." Bob Newhart

[Carey]

Oranges & tomatoes?


Edited by - carey on 09/06/2007 20:47:08

[Carolann R]

Yup. That too!

Carrie

"All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it." Bob Newhart

[ArtM]

Sweet potato chips?

ArtM

[wyatt]

Sweet potatos french fries..

I planted them in my mulch pile and have had to many also. Now that I've used the mulch in other areas of the yard. I have them coming up
coming up where ever I used the mulch.

Wyatt



Edited by - wyatt on 09/07/2007 10:24:59

[mella l]

Ah sweet potato French fries! At a fancy eatery in the Indian country to the north of here, we had sweet potato French fries.

They were julienned, so thin looked like shoe strings, all fried crisp in a disorganized nest like affair with just a tad of SALT. Impressive, still remember them!

mella l

[hilodiver]

Is there a Guinness World Record for the largest sweet potato pie?

Aloha!