to think sweet potatos are a con?

[bluerunningshoes]

nutritionally they are not really better than normal potatos
and they taste awful

Orange sweet potatoes - the only type I've seen in the UK - have lots of vitamin A.

They are actually just roots of fancy bindweed. Not a potato at all.

Sweet potatoes and parsnips are both yummy.

The hell is wrong with you people?!

They're yummy. That's a good enough reason to eat them!

They are better that normal spuds. A jacket potato has some vitamin C, but a sweet potato has a shit load of vitamin A (well, it is orange...), more fibre, and it's lower GI

Nothing wrong with a decent jacket spud though...

I reiterate. Parsnips are evil, and carrots can fuck off.

Mash then, with a little grating of nutmeg and a sprinkle of chopped sage.

Lush.

*them

Op...get some frozen sweet potato chips from marks and spencer. Seriously make you rethink sweet potato. They also make tasty jackets. Yum yum. Yabu

Hahaha I don't think anyone is trying to con you. Just don't buy them if you don't like them. I love them myself though.

They are actually just roots of fancy bindweed

that explains it all. the growers want rid of an invasive weed and charge people for the disposal.

Sweet potato and spinach curry, very nice!

Nutritionally they are great. They are currently genetically modifying our orange sweet potatoes to be able to grow in the conditions in Africa as they are so nutritious they are going it will help reduce nutritional deficiencies and famine.

They are lush when baked in the oven as chips with salt, The sweet and salty really mix. They're buggers to chop though!

Parsnips are the devil's own spawn.
Sweet potato fries are delicious.

Yabu

Personally, while sweet potatoes are better than normal potatoes, I think for those watching carb spikes and diabetics, topinambour are a much better alternative.

the waitress sweet potato chips are yum

frozen ones I mean

I prefer sweet potato to ordinary ones because they are lighter.

@Imfinehowareyou - recipe please - spiralise then roast? Beat in the egg or what?

I'm on the fence. I know they're good for you, but are a bit too sweet and odd-tasting. All recipes for my conversion are welcome.

What? Topinambour - what fresh hell is this? And are Waitrose sweet potato chips better than M&S or what?

YES
Finally!
Total con.

Roast them in what though?

Oil?

When I do sweet potatoes, they aren't nutritionally superior to regular potatoes, because the vast tonnage of butter I add to sweet potatoes puts paid to that. Yum.

(And black pepper. Must have black pepper.)