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Title: I yam what I yam
Post by: oldbike54 on February 23, 2016, 07:47:35 PM
 Supposedly baked sweet potato topped with yogurt is one of the perfect food combos . Lately that has become  one of my go to dinners , easy to fix , and satisfies a couple of different cravings . Damn, between healthy pizza and yams , I hardly ever eat junk anymore  :laugh:
 
 Dusty
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: K250 on February 23, 2016, 07:51:20 PM
Never heard of that before.  Just bake a sweet potato and then put plain yogurt on it?  How long and at what temp?

Sweet potatos keep real well also, uncooked ones still in the bag that is.  :)
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: HardAspie on February 23, 2016, 07:54:26 PM
Love sweet potato. Long slow bake. Tasty, nutritious, anti inflammatory.
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: oldbike54 on February 23, 2016, 07:55:35 PM
Never heard of that before.  Just bake a sweet potato and then put plain yogurt on it?  How long and at what temp?

Sweet potatos keep real well also, uncooked ones still in the bag that is.  :)

 Normally start them in the microwave , 90 seconds , then wrap with foil and 20 minutes in the toaster oven at 350 . Sweet and tangy .

 Dusty
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: Zoom Zoom on February 23, 2016, 07:56:20 PM
I'm Henery the 8th I yam, Henery the 8th I yam I yam................ ................... ................... ......... :grin:

John Henry
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: oldbike54 on February 23, 2016, 08:06:46 PM
I'm Henery the 8th I yam, Henery the 8th I yam I yam................ ................... ................... ......... :grin:

John Henry

 Boy , you ain't right  :laugh:

 Dusty
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: K250 on February 23, 2016, 08:09:47 PM
All right you peoples had me going for a bit but now the truth comes out... You rowdies have been drinkin' and now you are comedians!! 
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: Demar on February 23, 2016, 08:10:15 PM
I was at Ruth Chris Steakhouse in South Bend a number of years ago and had this sweet potato dish. It's so good, almost like eating candy. It's become a staple at our family Thanksgiving table.

http://www.grouprecipes.com/82254/ruths-chris-sweet-potato-casserole.html
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: ohiorider on February 23, 2016, 08:10:36 PM
My mom's older sister was married to a gentleman from Lebanon.  They were married back in the mid-1920s.  So, my aunt Virginia learned to cook Med style.  She visited every summer, and we ate stuffed grape leaves along with stuffed cabbage, baklava, and salads loaded with wheat (tabouli).  And yogurt!  My aunt and mom always made yogurt, using a 'starter' yogurt from a previous batch to kick off the process.  They didn't use a yogurt maker.  As I recall, the mixture ended up in a large ceramic bowl with a cover.  It was wrapped in a blanket to control the cool down process.

The result .... great lumpy yogurt that made the perfect topping for stuffed grape leaves.

I still make a similar dinner today, but using canned grape leaves, and frozen Italian meat balls.  And Dannon yogurt. made without the love of a 'starter' that my aunt brought with her on the train, from Beaumont, Texas to Charleston, West Virginia.

Bob

Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: HardAspie on February 23, 2016, 08:16:00 PM
Cut up root vegetables including bot not limited to yams. Put into a baking dish. Add mushrooms if you like. Then add olive oil and seasonings - I like black pepper and basil - then bake until done.
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: oldbike54 on February 23, 2016, 08:21:31 PM
All right you peoples had me going for a bit but now the truth comes out... You rowdies have been drinkin' and now you are comedians!!

 Nope. Try a baked sweet potato and tell us it is a joke  :laugh:

 Dusty
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: davedel44 on February 23, 2016, 08:34:25 PM
Wrap em foil and toss them in the campfire coals.

If you use yogurt with active cultures you add some probiotics to go with all those antioxidants.


Do this mean no fishery at Cedar Vale?

Dave
Galveston
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: HardAspie on February 23, 2016, 08:36:18 PM
Sweet potato pie!
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: oldbike54 on February 23, 2016, 08:39:01 PM
Wrap em foil and toss them in the campfire coals.

If you use yogurt with active cultures you add some probiotics to go with all those antioxidants.


Do this mean no fishery at Cedar Vale?

Dave
Galveston


 Of course not , but you have just been put in charge of the sweet potatoes  :food:

  Dusty
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: Guzzistajohn on February 23, 2016, 08:40:33 PM
I grew me some sweet pataters a couple of years ago :grin:
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag65/guzzistajohn/sweet%20tater_zpsfakwktny.jpg) (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/guzzistajohn/media/sweet%20tater_zpsfakwktny.jpg.html)
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: HardAspie on February 23, 2016, 08:48:17 PM
That is one whopping sweet potato! May I ask, if indelicately, what is that thing hanging from its arse?
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: Guzzistajohn on February 23, 2016, 08:55:25 PM
That is one whopping sweet potato! May I ask, if indelicately, what is that thing hanging from its arse?

Good question, I was hoping some of the many BRILLIANT WG members would help me with that. What do you think? We did bake that sucker and put it in a pie, and it was REALLY GOOD! I grew them in a box of leaves 3 foot deep.
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: HardAspie on February 23, 2016, 08:57:54 PM
Good question, I was hoping some of the many BRILLIANT WG members would help me with that. What do you think? We did bake that sucker and put it in a pie, and it was REALLY GOOD! I grew them in a box of leaves 3 foot deep.

Well, I had the question and will gladly leave the answer to someone else.  :grin:
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: Guzzistajohn on February 23, 2016, 09:02:05 PM
Well, I had the question and will gladly leave the answer to someone else.  :grin:

Maybe this will help <SHRUG>
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag65/guzzistajohn/A01_zpshfkjdlwp.jpg) (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/guzzistajohn/media/A01_zpshfkjdlwp.jpg.html)
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: HardAspie on February 23, 2016, 09:03:07 PM
Maybe this will help <SHRUG>
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag65/guzzistajohn/A01_zpshfkjdlwp.jpg) (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/guzzistajohn/media/A01_zpshfkjdlwp.jpg.html)

If that was a dog, it would be worming time!
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: Guzzistajohn on February 23, 2016, 09:04:34 PM
If that was a dog, it would be worming time!

I'll have to check my farmers almanac on worming yams
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: HardAspie on February 23, 2016, 09:07:50 PM
I'll have to check my farmers almanac on worming yams

 :bow:

Farmer's Almanac but of course! Everything is in there. The information you need is probably near the article on the Higgs Boson!
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: trippah on February 23, 2016, 09:23:29 PM
A mini skewer to help the inside cook faster?  I don't know but considering how slowly they grow, feeding the that metal rod to the baby potatoe musta taken a long time..prolly while waiting on Guzzi to go outta business.
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: fotoguzzi on February 23, 2016, 09:30:21 PM
don't you need a can of spinach to go with that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA2xD88DdHo
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: CalVin2007 on February 23, 2016, 09:39:54 PM
I grew me some sweet pataters a couple of years ago :grin:
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag65/guzzistajohn/sweet%20tater_zpsfakwktny.jpg) (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/guzzistajohn/media/sweet%20tater_zpsfakwktny.jpg.html)

   That looks like a Cali fuel tank. (Guzzi content)  :wink: The little dammit on the front is the vapor vent.  :boozing:

  Terry
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: HardAspie on February 23, 2016, 09:42:31 PM
   That looks like a Cali fuel tank. (Guzzi content)  :wink: The little dammit on the front is the vapor vent.  :boozing:

  Terry

Solved, but can one make a pie from it?
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: travelingbyguzzi on February 23, 2016, 09:49:22 PM
We have sweet potatoes or yams at least once a week. Slice 'em and put them on a baking sheet with butter or olive oil.. Add just about any kind of flavored salt. Mmm mmm good!
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: HardAspie on February 23, 2016, 09:53:03 PM
We have sweet potatoes or yams at least once a week. Slice 'em and put them on a baking sheet with butter or olive oil.. Add just about any kind of flavored salt. Mmm mmm good!

Yes! One can hardly go wrong with a sweet potato.

When I was young the only sweet potatoes served in our household came in tins and mom topped with marshmallow. What a horrid fate for a sweet spud.
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: wymple on February 23, 2016, 09:54:05 PM
In the interest of varying opinions, sweet potatoes are something to puke about. You couldn't put enough yogurt on one to bury it.
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: oldbike54 on February 23, 2016, 09:58:06 PM



                                                     <SIGH>



  Dusty

 
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: CalVin2007 on February 23, 2016, 10:20:50 PM
That looks like a Cali fuel tank. (Guzzi content)  :wink: The little dammit on the front is the vapor vent.  :boozing:

  Terry

Solved, but can one make a pie from it?

   Sure, but it will give you gas.... :evil:

  Terry
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: pat80flh on February 24, 2016, 04:29:53 AM
I usually put yams and/or carrots in my steel cut oats, every morning.
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: redrider on February 24, 2016, 08:09:23 AM
I rub them down with butter, wrap in foil and bake. Once done, split that sucker and add more butter.

That little worm thingy IS a worm. Ear worm-a song that gets stuck on auto replay in your head. Henery indeed! Harumph.
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: vstevens on February 24, 2016, 08:44:45 AM
Yum...it all sounds good... I really don't eat the way I ought to but you all got me to thinking about it...

 Hey, Dusty, how about a Wild Guzzi Cookbook? 
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: prof_stack on February 24, 2016, 08:49:04 AM
Toaster oven all the way.  Yogurt on top.  Then add some cooked steel cut oats for the perfect topping to a perfect meal!
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: oldbike54 on February 24, 2016, 08:54:22 AM
Yum...it all sounds good... I really don't eat the way I ought to but you all got me to thinking about it...

 Hey, Dusty, how about a Wild Guzzi Cookbook?

 We have discussed a cookbook before . Maybe just start a thread with the heading "Recipes" and see what happens Vince .

 Dusty
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: not-fishing on February 24, 2016, 02:08:30 PM
Supposedly baked sweet potato topped with yogurt is one of the perfect food combos . Lately that has become  one of my go to dinners , easy to fix , and satisfies a couple of different cravings . Damn, between healthy pizza and yams , I hardly ever eat junk anymore  :laugh:
 
 Dusty

All to soon all of us will be gone who watched Popeye as kids.

(http://365thingsaustin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/robin-williams-as-popeye.jpg)
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: Penderic on February 24, 2016, 02:47:29 PM
Bless yer Pappy!

Looks like you got a twin brother!  :boozing:
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/Real-people-looking-like-cartoon-characters4_zps8fn6wsyl.jpg)

 :wink:
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: Zoom Zoom on February 25, 2016, 04:09:10 AM
I rub them down with butter, wrap in foil and bake. Once done, split that sucker and add more butter.

That little worm thingy IS a worm. Ear worm-a song that gets stuck on auto replay in your head. Henery indeed! Harumph.

Second verse, same as the first.............. ................... ................... ......... :evil:

John Henry
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: ChuckH on February 25, 2016, 06:11:46 AM
A yam is part of my regular diet when my wife is out of town and I am 'baching it' for the night.  I boil one for about 30 minutes, grill a small, boneless pork chop or 5/6 ozs of salmon, a glass or so of red wine -- quite nice.
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: RANDM on February 25, 2016, 06:25:01 AM
I grew me some sweet pataters a couple of years ago :grin:
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag65/guzzistajohn/sweet%20tater_zpsfakwktny.jpg) (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/guzzistajohn/media/sweet%20tater_zpsfakwktny.jpg.html)

If that's Orange on the inside over here we call them Kumara.
I experimented this year and put Two of the cut off tips in the
Herb patch - I now have two Kumara plants growing but don't
know how long they take to mature. I figure when the plant
dies back, the tuber will be fully mature?

Maurie
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: redrider on February 25, 2016, 09:28:12 AM
Maurie, I recall Pop buying them at the farmer's market mid-summer here in the northern hemisphere. Mom would bake them and freeze for use later during winter. I doubt the foliage would die unless hit with a hard freeze so watch for off shoots coming up near to the mother plant. You have two so pluck one and investigate. Yes, ours are orange inside.
Title: Re: I yam what I yam
Post by: RANDM on February 25, 2016, 03:15:45 PM
Thanks RedR,
Still a couple of months available growing time yet but
will do. We like ours steamed or baked mostly, but they're
also excellent in a half/half mix of potato mashed and with
Chives or Onion/Leek cooked off with some Bacon mixed
through.
Did a Bolognaise last night with our Amish Paste Tomatoes.
They were so sweet I only had to add salt to balance the
flavours - yummy. Gotta love Summer.

Maurie.