Instructions: Have you heard of "green" sweet potatoes? How about

"cured" ones? From North Carolina to Louisiana to California, growers are "kiln-drying" their new crop of sweet potatoes to "cure"

them. Well, theyre not really kiln-dried. Thats an old potato term still used today. You see, a newly dug sweet potato is filled with starch. These are called

"green" sweet potatoes. They dont have nearly the sweet flavor that a sweet potato should have. Sweet potatoes would "cure" naturally, but it would take about two months. So growers have sped up the process by creating controlled-atmosphere storage that cures the sweet potato in about two weeks.

That means, of course, sweeter sweet potatoes from the start of the season.

Sweet potatoes are the worlds most nutritious vegetable. Most of Californias supply comes from the Livingston area. Retail prices range from 89 cents to $1.49 per pound. For a sweet potato brochure, including some super sweet potato pie recipes, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

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