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Sauteed some onions finely diced, added the cubed sweetpotato and let it fry on high heat for a few minutes.
Archive 2006-02-01 bilbo 2006
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Tuber/yam/sweetpotato flies by HBM's head, very narrowly missing her nose, and lands, with a splat, on the dining room wall, where it clings for a sticky moment before sliding, tuberously, to the freshly-cleaned floor.
Archive 2008-01-13 2008
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Shammi had posted, recently a recipe for sweetpotato halwa.
Sweet potato wedges-precioussssssss bilbo 2006
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Sauteed some onions finely diced, added the cubed sweetpotato and let it fry on high heat for a few minutes.
Aloo gobhi - with a slight twist ( or as they say in hindi, zara hatke) bilbo 2006
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Tuber/yam/sweetpotato flies by HBM's head, very narrowly missing her nose, and lands, with a splat, on the dining room wall, where it clings for a sticky moment before sliding, tuberously, to the freshly-cleaned floor.
Why I Love My Husband But Have Been Known To Roll My Eyes At Him, Dramatically, Part XXVI 2008
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Shammi had posted, recently a recipe for sweetpotato halwa.
Archive 2006-02-01 bilbo 2006
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I had great fun trying to not chop off my fingers while cutting the sweetpotato into cubes.
Archive 2006-02-01 bilbo 2006
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I had great fun trying to not chop off my fingers while cutting the sweetpotato into cubes.
Aloo gobhi - with a slight twist ( or as they say in hindi, zara hatke) bilbo 2006
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The sweetpotato is native to the tropical Americas; the yam originated in tropical Africa.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Thus, white sweetpotato definitely is not a retronym.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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