They’re primarily used in as an ingredient. Often they are suspended in a sweet syrup and are thoroughly mashed to make a pie filling, it’s actually not bad.
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Richie030@lemmy.world 1 year agoYou have sweet potato’s in cans? That sounds awful.are they pre-cooked? I don’t understand why?
TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 1 year ago
Talidos@ttrpg.network 1 year ago
Yep. Like these:
atlasraven31@lemm.ee 1 year ago
USA has thanksgiving in a can, Christmas dinner in a can, even SPAM in a can.
Zron@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Other places have SPAM not in a can?
prumbles@lemmy.world [bot] 1 year ago
They’re quicker for making sweet potato pie since they’re already cooked. You add plenty of other ingredients to the filling so there’s less difference in the final product between canned and fresh
Richie030@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That still doesn’t make sense, if you’re making a fresh pie but using canned ingredients, you might as well buy a pie. I’m sure they taste OK, but sweet potato’s are on of the easiest things to cook, if you want them soft before you put them in the pie, put them in a microwave for a bit.
prumbles@lemmy.world [bot] 1 year ago
Not all grocery stores have fresh sweet potatoes all the time either
Richie030@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That does make sense lol
Today@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why do we always say sweet potato pie but never yam pie. Sounds weird. Same with fries.
prumbles@lemmy.world [bot] 1 year ago
“Yam” doesn’t roll off the tongue as beautifully or sound nearly as appetizing