Structural integrity of roasted sweet potato compromised

[VeryHungryKatypillar]

Roasted sweet potato is always too mushy for DD to pick up/keep in hand for more than one bite. Am I making it wrong? Should I keep the skin on?

Any tips gratefully received!

That's what makes them so tasty

Ours always has enough of a crust to keep it together - you do need to make the wedges quite big in comparison to other veggies though.

The skin is horrid ime

eerrrm, I'm sorry but sweet potato IS meant to be mushy, that's its natural form, that's why it's so delicious.

Well then its a rubbish finger food!

Thanks for responses all. I'll try to cultivate some sort of crusty edge to keep it together.

Could try sweet potato crisps - slice thin and spray with oil, then put in oven til crispy.

no help i am afraid, just wanted to nominate you for the best thread title ever! it is simply marvellous! are you an engineer or an economist by any chance ?

Why thank you. No, I am a lawyer, but perhaps I need a career change?

You should have added "Cap'n" on the end. Of the title, not the sweet potato. Let dd squish it in to her mouth, and through her fingers. She'll love it. You'll hate the cleaning, but will bask in the warm glow of parental self-sacrifice. So I'm told...

finger food's over-rated IMHO

sweet potato for babies is best mushed and given on a spoon

At the moment, DD is not letting me get anywhere near with a spoon, so that is sadly irrelevant from my pov.

You'll thank her as you get to eat all your own meals hot, and don't have to worry if you forget to bring any food with you - a spoon-refuser is the lazy parent's joy.

ah no lawyer, that figures!

Love the title of this thread. Is there a collection of good titles on the board? This should be amongst them.

are you roasting at a high enough temp and in big enough slices?