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May 28th, 2012, 07:01 AM
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Canning sweet potatoes
I have A LOT of sweet potatoes and I was wondering if I can use a water bath to can the mashed sweet potatoes or do I have to do it in a pressure cooker?
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May 28th, 2012, 08:07 PM
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Re: Canning sweet potatoes
They must be pressure canned or you risk food poisoning. I've read some on this and also know that you can't safely canned mashed or large chunks of sweet potatoes. Jackie Clay of Backwoods Home Magazine has canned them and you can search for her advice on this.
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May 28th, 2012, 09:42 PM
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Re: Canning sweet potatoes
Quote:
http://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_04/potato_sweet.html
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May 29th, 2012, 07:21 AM
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Re: Canning sweet potatoes
Room to Grow, they also store wonderfully and will get sweeter over time.
If you don't want to store or pressure can them, you can bake them in big batches, scoop out the pulp and freeze it. http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/crops_...t+potatoes.htm
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May 29th, 2012, 07:57 AM
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Re: Canning sweet potatoes
lot's of sweet potatoes this time of the year?
 this is my 1st attemt and mine are plants maybe 10-15 inches long did I do anything completely wrong? since on the topic IF mine produce well can I make mashed potato and then dehydrate? my freezer space is very limited
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May 31st, 2012, 11:50 PM
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Re: Canning sweet potatoes
thanks everyone
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June 1st, 2012, 08:09 AM
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Re: Canning sweet potatoes
You won't go wrong with canning them. Lots of different recipes! I use them for ingredients in soup, bread, and just eating. But absolutely! PRESSURE can them.
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June 1st, 2012, 09:19 AM
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Re: Canning sweet potatoes
You must pressure can sweet potatoes as they are low acid. And if you can them it must be in cut up chunks, not mash or puree as the latter is too dense to insure proper heat penetration for killing pathogens. You can freeze mash or puree for sweet potatoes, pumpkin, winter squash very well, in quantities needed for your recipes. I use frozen puree for pies, muffins, breads, cakes, etc. You can also blanch and dehydrate small cubes of sweet potatoes. The easiest method is to cure them, in moderate temp and high humidity for a couple of weeks and then put them into cold storage (root cellaring) and eat them "fresh" until you finish with them.
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June 3rd, 2012, 01:23 AM
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Re: Canning sweet potatoes
i bake them skin on them let them cool put them in zip lock bags then freez leave the pealing on and when u defrost them they taste just like u just baked them so yummy and not watered or surgered liked canned ones give it a try i promice once u do u will use this method
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June 16th, 2012, 01:25 AM
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Re: Canning sweet potatoes
thats a good ideal brenda im gonna have to try that !
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