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Article: Sweet spuds: Satisfying and healthy, sweet potatoes have a proud history
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 31, 2007
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The caller to the New York radio show I was on sounded perplexed.
Health professionals had recently said that sweet potato fries are a
far healthier snack than McDonald's-type french fries, she said. She
had a half-dozen sweet potatoes on hand but wasn't exactly sure what
to do.
"Do I peel, drop in hot oil or fry in the oven?" she asked. "The
kids are waiting for me to get this show on the road."
I recited my favorite recipe for oven-fried sweet potatoes,
filled with memories.
Years ago in rural Alabama, we enjoyed sweet potatoes baked
syrupy and delicious straight from the oven, or sliced and pan