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Title: Freezing Sweet Potatoes In Various Ways
Yield: 1 Servings

Ingredients

  ------------------------------PLAIN-----------------------------------
      3 md to 4 med; makes 1 pint
 
  ------------------------------BAKED-----------------------------------
      1 md makes 1 individual
 
  ----------------------------CANDIED-----------------------------------
    2/3 lb slices
  1 1/2 c  water
      1 c  sugar
      1 tb lemon juice
 
  -----------------------------MASHED-----------------------------------
      5 lb mashed sweet potatoes
    1/2 c  sugar
    1/2 c  cold water
      1 tb lemon juice

Instructions

1. Choose medium or large, mature potatoes that have been cured for at
least a week.

2. Wash well and sort by size.

3. Simmer, bake, or pressure cook potatoes until tender. Cool.

4. BAKED: Grease outside of potatoes with oil. Bake in a preheated 350
degree F oven until soft. Cool, then wrap individually in
moisture/vaporproof wrapping and freeze. Heat through to serve.
CANDIED: Cook unpeeled potatoes in water to cover at just below
simmering for about 30 minutes. Pare and cut lengthwise or crosswise
into 1/2 inch thick slices. For each 2/3 pound potato slices, prepare
syrup by heating to boiling 1-1/2 cups water, 1 cup sugar, and 1
tablespoon lemon juice in saucepan. There should be enough syrup to
cover sweet potato slices. Add sweet potato slices to boiling syrup
and cook 3 minutes. Don't drain. Cool quickly by pouring slices and
syrup into another pan and placing that pan in ice water. pack
tightly in containers. covering slices with syrup, and leaving 1/4
inch head space for pints, 1/2 inch for quarts. Seal, label, and
freeze. Heat through to serve.
MASHED: Simmer, bake, or pressure cook potatoes until tender. Cool,
pare, and put through food mill. Add 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup cold
water, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice for each 5 pounds of mashed
potatoes. Pack tightly into containers, leaving 1/4 inch head space
for pints, 1/2 inch for quarts. Seal, label, and freeze. Heat through
to serve.

Source: Vegetable Gardening Encyclopedia Typos by Dorothy Flatman 1995

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