One Po-tay-toh, Two Po-tay-toh, Three Po-tay-toh, Four!

Tonight, I was making dinner (baked pork chops, sauteed Asian Greens with leeks and sweet potato circles) and noticed as I was cutting the sweet potatoes that some white dots appeared on the newly sliced potatoes. At first, I was wondering...did I forget to wipe the knife off before I used it?!? But, wait, I didn't cut anything that had a milky white texture. This was so weird.

I posed a question to the resident farmer. He looked at the potato. Hmmm, he remembered looking into this last year, but couldn't exactly recall why it was there. So, he sniffed it. Rubbed it. Turns out I even perplexed the farmer. What do we do when we are stumped? We google it of course! Google says that sweet potatoes that dribble a milky white substance when cut means that they are sweet and fresh. Score! Of course, I already knew that...they were harvested Monday! Also, of course, we spot checked a few more websites to make sure that what we found was correct, so that my post this evening would be accurate. Phew!

The sweet potatoes that we had night were delicious! Perfectly sweet with a great, smooth texture. I preheated the oven to 400 degrees. I scrubbed the skins clean (but left them on) and sliced the potatoes in thin circles (as thin as possible given how big these taters are!). I threw them in a bowl with olive oil, salt and pepper. In the past, I have also sprinkled them with some cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes (sounds weird but the spiciness is a nice contrast to the sweetness of the potato). I cooked them for about 30 minutes (turning half way through) until they were nice and crispy. (Note, the thicker your slices, the longer you need to cook them to get them crispy).  A nice, easy way to make baked sweet potato "fries". 

This week's share includes: Tat Soi (it looks AMAZING and tastes great, too!), greens mix, radishes (mind you, these are the best looking radishes I've ever seen...I swear!), winter squash, sweet potatoes, onions, tomatoes, and hot peppers...

Tell us what you are making with your share this week!!