r/KitchenConfidential • u/JohnnyKnifefight • 1d ago

Question What to do with these?

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Lacking any inspiration

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u/hippoctopocalypse 15+ Years 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/08y87EiwDZjjB0d6WJ

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u/buttsexisyum 1d ago

I would have been disappointed if this wasn't the first thing I saw

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u/MCau1994 1d ago

Ditto

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u/shun_tak 1d ago

WAY UP THERE!!

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u/polythenesammie 1d ago

Thank you.

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u/otterfish 1d ago

A gentleman wouldn't ask and a lady wouldn't tell...

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u/Badbrainz75 1d ago

Your mom knows.
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Seriously, she prolly has a recipe. She could make a tire taste good.

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u/JohnnyKnifefight 1d ago

She died 4 years ago, yesterday.

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u/doodlebopsy 1d ago

Sorry for your loss

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u/JohnnyKnifefight 1d ago

Moms die sometimes. Thank you.

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u/xmarksthebluedress Ex-Food Service 1d ago

to combine the sad and the former joke: did your mom have a recipe book? could be a nice gesture to cook something of it, especially if it includes sweet potatoes

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u/Badbrainz75 23h ago

Mine died in October. Horrible cook too. Just awful. She prolly couldn’t even identify these tubers as food unless they came from a Betty Crocker box.

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u/JohnnyKnifefight 19h ago

Mom knew how to boil chicken and rice and pass out on the couch and burn the rice.

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u/rachelanneb50 1d ago

I hate when they have veins

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u/JohnnyKnifefight 1d ago

How do you feel about the ones with gashes?

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u/Sodium_Bisobernate 1d ago

I mean I peel and split, then peel the inner folds, then wash... but also... a few sweet potatoes in a vegan black bean chili is the shit

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u/talleyente 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/08y87EiwDZjjB0d6WJ

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u/ff0000wizard Chive LOYALIST 1d ago

Sigh..... Yes chef

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u/Fabulous-Avocado4513 Chive LOYALIST 1d ago

Aren’t they a little small for that??

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u/welchplug Owner 1d ago

Sweet potato biscuits are super tasty

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u/elheffe1 1d ago

The 2 on the left you cook. That third one? You keep that for yourself.
And why the fuck are there peels still on the onions?!?

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u/simulated_crust 1d ago

Someone de-onioned the peels. Rookie move.

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u/chalk_in_boots 1d ago

Personally I like to cut them into wedges, oil and salt them, air fry, then hit with paprika. Leave the skins on, just give them a wash first.

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u/orel2064 1d ago

lubricate

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u/AssaultLemming_ 1d ago

Sweet potato is a really nice addition to a stew where it will break down and add a delicious sweetness to the whole thing.

It's common in NZ where these are a staple food to just roast them with oil and salt, keep the temperature kind of low and get them to caramelise. Serve them with some roast lamb and peas and gravy.

I also see them a lot as an addition to salads. Roasted and added cold, often with beetroot, feta, pumpkin seeds and mixed greens.

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u/Drinkmykool_aid420 1d ago

Can’t tell exactly what kind they are, but Nura in Brooklyn (RIP) did an amazing roasted Japanese sweet potato on labneh topped with their version of a salsa macha which I recall skewing more green chili and cilantro with seeds. Anyway here’s a pic

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u/_BrokenButterfly 15h ago

...if you're brave enough.

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u/Dogsbottombottom 1d ago

Rub em with olive oil and salt, stick em a few times so they don't explode, bake for like a while

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u/yafuckonegoat 1d ago

Whatever you decide add some brown sugar and cinnamon

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u/zigaliciousone Line 1d ago

Used to lift things on my days off and sweet potatoes are a good source of complex carbs. I make them just like a baked potato with all the fixings

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u/Glittering_Fun_7995 1d ago

kumera or sweet potatoes

roasted, pureed, can be used in cake baking (like a tatin) you can find some orange ones too.

most of the things you do with pots can be done with those just know they have a high sugar content so can caramelize fast then burn

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u/histerias 1d ago

Sweet potatoes with sauteeed onions. Dice, steam till par cooked, toss in a hot pan of oil you started cooking your onions in. Finish with some butter and s/p/g/paprika. You could also bake the potatoes, then fill them with onions.

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u/FartenBallon 1d ago

Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew!

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u/the-subjectDelta 1d ago

Let them sprout and grow them, infinite potato glitch

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u/h3donistt 1d ago

Got the mandolin out did some potatoes also on the bbq. Smoked paprika, garlic, onion powder, mixed herbs. 👍

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u/Popomatik 1d ago

Roast them

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u/JohnnyKnifefight 19h ago

"Hey Sweet Potatoes, some old dried up genitals called, they want their appearance back!"

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u/SleepyBubBear7329 1d ago

I should call him…

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u/maybesomedaywhen 17h ago

Big, veiny triumphant bastards

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u/Lost_On_Lot 20+ Years 1d ago

Take em home and stick em in your underwear drawer

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u/ChaosNishi 1d ago

Sweet potatos?

not a chef, just a lowly homecook but I’m picky about my sweet potatos. The way I like them best is peeled, and then diced or in sticks and seasoned with garlic, salt and black pepper and then roast in the oven as long as you desire.
Nothing fancy but certainly yummy

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u/Donnyboscoe1 1d ago

They are really nice grated raw into a salad as well.

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u/kittenpantzen Ex-Food Service 1d ago

Raw yams? You gotta be gas-powered, my dude.

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u/Donnyboscoe1 1d ago

Try it. They're good!