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Name: Sweet potato pone
Eaten in: Caribbean, South of United States
I was on a sweet potato roll! After the pudding and the cake, I decided to make sweet potatoes a third way, as a dessert still. I had come across a “pone” recipe in one of my cookbooks. It looked fairly similar to the pudding recipe, with some additional ingredients. I secretly wished it was a faster way to get a dish that resembled the boniatillo cake I was raving about in an earlier post. …
Name: Cake de Boniato
Eaten in: Cuba
Foodie: Linda
I first made the pudding and I was delightfully surprised, but I downright fell in love with the cake de boniato. The pudding is used as the main ingredient in this custard-like cake, which is light (not a heavy dough) but with a very rich texture….
Name: Sweet potato pudding
Eaten in: Cuba
Foodie: Linda
I used to loathe puddings. Something about the texture… Then I tried bread pudding, and I liked it, so I thought that was the exception that confirmed the rule, and then I tried this sweet potato pudding and I don’t know anymore. Can there be two exceptions? …
Folks: Not all sweet potatoes are created equal, the same applies to the fries made from them.
The sweet potatoes found in West Africa have a yellow flesh and are less sweet than their counterparts grown found elsewhere. When turned into fries, they liberate a flavor which is both mild and memorable. They used to be my favorite snack food when I was growing up: scarcity played a role there, as we never had them as often as other snacks like Alloco for example. …
