Potato / Sweet Potato

CelticJourney · 01-16-2015, 10:52 AM

I know they are really very different.
I know that sweet potatoes are much much healthier
When I slow cook them both they taste the same to me.

So..... I have great potato soup recipe that we really like, but that I know is not really 'good' for us. It is a slow cook recipe - 8 hours of cooking time.

What I'm wondering is if I use sweet potatoes, will it taste the same or about the same like when I put them together in a slow cook roast? I'm willing to experiment and find out the hard way, but thought someone here might have an idea. Also, should I extend the cooking time since sweet potatoes start off so much firmer?

schmamy · 01-16-2015, 02:31 PM

I am just astounded at how they can taste the same! I have done both in a crockpot (though admittedly not the same way) and I can't fathom how they would taste the same.

Kiara.I · 01-16-2015, 02:46 PM

To me, they taste very different. So the soup would taste very different to me too, I imagine. But if you don't mind it, go for it!

CelticJourney · 01-16-2015, 03:27 PM

Really? Even my girls think they taste the same

Intersting....

mommychem · 01-16-2015, 03:30 PM

I think they are vastly different. My DH eats potatoes but not sweet potato. I've not heard of anyone thinking they taste similarly before.

CelticJourney · 01-16-2015, 03:36 PM

I wonder if slow cooking them with meat and with olive oil means I'm tasting those flavors and seeing them as the same

---------- Post added at 05:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:33 PM ----------

Ok, dh says he thinks they taste different. I think I'm going to give this a try and see what happens.

Housekat · 01-17-2015, 12:48 AM

There are two types of sweet potato: orange flesh ones which are super sweet and white flesh ones which are a bit more potato like. If you use the latter you might get away with the soup recipe tasting similar

Love_Is_Patient · 01-17-2015, 06:15 AM

I would think it would taste different--but it might still be quite good! Worth a try, I think. (But then, I like pumpkin soup so I don't think I'd mind the slightly sweeter taste.)

CelticJourney · 01-17-2015, 07:45 AM

Experiment is underway.

Lesson 1 - cutting raw sweet potatoes hurts your hands - they are HARD. I knew that but forgot.

believer · 01-17-2015, 09:16 AM

I use sweet potatoes with roast and we like them. I would think the soup would taste different, but still would be very good. I don't think they need any longer time in a slow cooker.

CelticJourney · 01-17-2015, 07:47 PM

Ok, the results are in! Yeah, tasted very different.

Dh - Some cinnamon and this would be a great dessert!

Dd1 - A bit too sweet

Dd2 - I can have another bowl, right!!

Me - If I was served this, I would definitely finish it, but I'm not sure I want to make it again.

Ds - never tasted it, but I know I don't like it.

mummy2boys · 01-17-2015, 08:19 PM

The orange ones are very sweet tasting and I think they would make the soup taste different. I loooove the Orange ones

CelticJourney · 01-17-2015, 08:25 PM

I wish I could send you some! That is lesson ...whatever I'm on... five sweet potatoes and five regular potatoes do not equate.

Speaking of left overs, I don't want to waste this - do you think it would freeze alright? It's the potatoes, chicken broth, eval milk, a touch of flour and sour cream.

Housekat · 01-18-2015, 02:05 AM

Should freeze fine. If the sour cream comes up a bit curdled after re-heating, try blending it

Soliloquy · 01-18-2015, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by CelticJourney

I know that sweet potatoes are much much healthier

Not necessarily. They both have benefits. (Unless you're sensitive to nightshades which changes everything.) Regular potatoes have about twice the protein and potassium as a sweet potato, for example. Sweet potatoes have beta carotene and are also very good for elasticity of the body. Sweet potatoes also have about 4 times the amount of sugar as a white potato. Both have B-6 but white potatoes have more magnesium.

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Originally Posted by CelticJourney

So..... I have great potato soup recipe that we really like, but that I know is not really 'good' for us. It is a slow cook recipe - 8 hours of cooking time.

What I'm wondering is if I use sweet potatoes, will it taste the same or about the same like when I put them together in a slow cook roast? I'm willing to experiment and find out the hard way, but thought someone here might have an idea. Also, should I extend the cooking time since sweet potatoes start off so much firmer?

If you use the sweet potatoes with a yellow flesh it would turn out the same, I think. I would use the same cooking time. If you use a sweet potato with an orange flesh, like garnet sweet potatoes, it will taste very different but will probably still be quite good. I'd definitely try it but I would also feel really good about making it with regular white potatoes.

01-16-2015, 10:52 AM	#1
CelticJourney Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34,572	Potato / Sweet Potato I know they are really very different. I know that sweet potatoes are much much healthier When I slow cook them both they taste the same to me. So..... I have great potato soup recipe that we really like, but that I know is not really 'good' for us. It is a slow cook recipe - 8 hours of cooking time. What I'm wondering is if I use sweet potatoes, will it taste the same or about the same like when I put them together in a slow cook roast? I'm willing to experiment and find out the hard way, but thought someone here might have an idea. Also, should I extend the cooking time since sweet potatoes start off so much firmer? __________________ Elizabeth "Truth without love is divisive and hurtful & love without truth is anemic"--Pastor Estep Arise, cry out in the night...pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children..; Lamentations 2:19

01-16-2015, 02:31 PM	#2
schmamy Rose Garden Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 7,321	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato I am just astounded at how they can taste the same! I have done both in a crockpot (though admittedly not the same way) and I can't fathom how they would taste the same. __________________ ~Amy~ married to Mr. Wonderful (2005) DS1 - 2007 DS2 - 2010 DD - April 2017 "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." - 2 Corinthians 12:9

01-16-2015, 02:46 PM	#3
Kiara.I Rose Garden Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The Pacific South-West. You know, north of the Pacific North-West Posts: 12,922	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato To me, they taste very different. So the soup would taste very different to me too, I imagine. But if you don't mind it, go for it! __________________ ENTP fits me to a T, though it took me forever to figure it out! DYT Type 3, Enn. Type 1 (hold that thought...enneagram crisis...might be a 7!) Sparks (9) ; Spitfire (8); Sprite (4.5)

01-16-2015, 03:27 PM	#4
CelticJourney Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34,572	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato Really? Even my girls think they taste the same Intersting.... __________________ Elizabeth "Truth without love is divisive and hurtful & love without truth is anemic"--Pastor Estep Arise, cry out in the night...pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children..; Lamentations 2:19

01-16-2015, 03:30 PM	#5
mommychem Rose Garden Butterfly on my face :) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 6,955	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato I think they are vastly different. My DH eats potatoes but not sweet potato. I've not heard of anyone thinking they taste similarly before. __________________ Wife with 5 DC Former Chemist

01-16-2015, 03:36 PM	#6
CelticJourney Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34,572	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato I wonder if slow cooking them with meat and with olive oil means I'm tasting those flavors and seeing them as the same ---------- Post added at 05:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:33 PM ---------- Ok, dh says he thinks they taste different. I think I'm going to give this a try and see what happens. __________________ Elizabeth "Truth without love is divisive and hurtful & love without truth is anemic"--Pastor Estep Arise, cry out in the night...pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children..; Lamentations 2:19

01-17-2015, 12:48 AM	#7
Housekat Rose Garden Even if you can't see them or hear them at all, a person's a person, no matter how small! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wakefield, UK Posts: 4,895	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato There are two types of sweet potato: orange flesh ones which are super sweet and white flesh ones which are a bit more potato like. If you use the latter you might get away with the soup recipe tasting similar __________________ Mama to Theo (11) and Libby (9) Find me on Facebook

01-17-2015, 06:15 AM	#8
Love_Is_Patient Rose Trellis Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,025	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato I would think it would taste different--but it might still be quite good! Worth a try, I think. (But then, I like pumpkin soup so I don't think I'd mind the slightly sweeter taste.) __________________ Rachel, mom to ds (14) and dd (almost 12) and dd2 (3!)

01-17-2015, 07:45 AM	#9
CelticJourney Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34,572	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato Experiment is underway. Lesson 1 - cutting raw sweet potatoes hurts your hands - they are HARD. I knew that but forgot. __________________ Elizabeth "Truth without love is divisive and hurtful & love without truth is anemic"--Pastor Estep Arise, cry out in the night...pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children..; Lamentations 2:19

01-17-2015, 09:16 AM	#10
believer Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,130	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato I use sweet potatoes with roast and we like them. I would think the soup would taste different, but still would be very good. I don't think they need any longer time in a slow cooker. __________________ Dana INTJ widow of Big Bear, mom to: B. - 16 y.o. dd J.-19yo ds M.- 25 (MIL to) A - 24 2 white cats, 3 dogs http://becauseisaidsothathswhy.blogspot.com/

01-17-2015, 07:47 PM	#11
CelticJourney Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34,572	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato Ok, the results are in! Yeah, tasted very different. Dh - Some cinnamon and this would be a great dessert! Dd1 - A bit too sweet Dd2 - I can have another bowl, right!! Me - If I was served this, I would definitely finish it, but I'm not sure I want to make it again. Ds - never tasted it, but I know I don't like it. __________________ Elizabeth "Truth without love is divisive and hurtful & love without truth is anemic"--Pastor Estep Arise, cry out in the night...pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children..; Lamentations 2:19

01-17-2015, 08:19 PM	#12
mummy2boys Moderator in We'd Love to Meet You, Let's Talk, High Need/Spirited Children, Joyous Homekeeping, and The Cookbook Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 16,028	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato The orange ones are very sweet tasting and I think they would make the soup taste different. I loooove the Orange ones __________________ Alysia Married to the love of my life Mama to 2 wonderful boys Waiting to meet 3 in heaven 2/2005, 5/2007 & 8/2011 Striving, with God's help, to be a gentle mother each day

01-17-2015, 08:25 PM	#13
CelticJourney Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34,572	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato I wish I could send you some! That is lesson ...whatever I'm on... five sweet potatoes and five regular potatoes do not equate. Speaking of left overs, I don't want to waste this - do you think it would freeze alright? It's the potatoes, chicken broth, eval milk, a touch of flour and sour cream. __________________ Elizabeth "Truth without love is divisive and hurtful & love without truth is anemic"--Pastor Estep Arise, cry out in the night...pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children..; Lamentations 2:19

01-18-2015, 02:05 AM	#14
Housekat Rose Garden Even if you can't see them or hear them at all, a person's a person, no matter how small! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wakefield, UK Posts: 4,895	Re: Potato / Sweet Potato Should freeze fine. If the sour cream comes up a bit curdled after re-heating, try blending it __________________ Mama to Theo (11) and Libby (9) Find me on Facebook

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