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Post by flowerweaver on Jan 28, 2014 18:32:29 GMT -5
A local friend has given me two sweet potatoes from Thailand from which I will make slips. He got them from someone who lives in the US, but is from Thailand. They are small and narrow with an orange flesh. I am told that they will have beautiful, bright orange maple-like leaves and are delicous. Apparently in Thailand they grow two plots of them, one for eating the above ground leaves as a green, and one for eating the tubers. I've never before heard of eating sweet potato leaves. I have only found one online reference in a general gardening forum about them and it basically said the same thing.
Does anyone know anything more about this variety?
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Post by steev on Jan 28, 2014 23:28:37 GMT -5
Not specifically, but there are other mentions of using some varieties as greens in this forum.
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Post by cesarz on Jan 29, 2014 4:57:24 GMT -5
The "maple leafed" varieties of sweet potatoes from Asia are very good for eating. Cut the tops with about four leaves and blanch in boiling water. It is good with salty lemon dipping sauces or any Asian salad dressing.
Save the water you've boiled the leaves in. It will be greenish. Add some sugar and get it cold in the fridge or add some ice. Then squeeze out some lemon juice in another cup. When you combine this greenish liquid with the lemon juice, it magically turns bright red. And tastes goo too!
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Post by flowerweaver on Jan 31, 2014 11:27:21 GMT -5
cesarz That's very interesting information, thanks! I'll have to try that!
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Post by ilex on Feb 25, 2014 4:08:41 GMT -5
It should make good poultry feed too. I tried the leaves of one variety and they were good. One selected for that should be very good. Crops could be very big also.
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Post by flowerweaver on Feb 25, 2014 9:47:37 GMT -5
That's good to know, as I have a lot of chickens. I'm looking forward to trying them, too.
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