Turnips are a good potato substitute.

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From: "Dori Zook" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:53 PM
Subject: a yam substitute (was Paleocarbs ?)


> Peter Brandt
> >Where can I buy "true yams" in the US?
>
> Rachel Matesz:
> >An Asian market.  One example is the jinenjo mountain yam, used in
> > >Japanese cookery.
>
> Been thinking of posting this sidebar.  Here goes.
>
> I find butternut squash to be a great yam substitute.  They're the same
> color, close to the same texture and, to me, sweeter than any yam or sweet
> potato I've ever had.  Don't know if it would taste as good, but I think
you
> could eat butternut squash raw.  They have about half the carbs of yams.
>
> I think for Christmas (may have a dear friend coming to visit and would
love
> to make a nice meal for him) I'll cook up a small bird and use this as a
> yam/sweet potato substitute myself.  A really tasty dish is baked
butternut
> mixed with some cooked ground sausage and onions, walnuts, raisins and
> apples, this mix then rebaked inside the scooped out squash half.  Just an
> idea and no recipe; use as little or as much of the above as seems fit.
Or
> just eat the butternut plain; dee-lish!
>
> Dori Zook
> Denver, CO
>
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