Autumn is here!

[Stan Hillis]

From one baked sweet potato lover to another, you owe it to yourself to find some Orleans variety 'taters. My buddy in E. Arkansas grows them for the market and I can't wait to get a box full to bring back to Jawja every winter! Orleans are just head and shoulders above the rest.

[Bill Murphy]

Brings back memories of the Louisville gun show and the sausage vendor that was camped out in the lobby. Best gun show food I've ever experienced.

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

From one baked sweet potato lover to another, you owe it to yourself to find some Orleans variety 'taters. My buddy in E. Arkansas grows them for the market and I can't wait to get a box full to bring back to Jawja every winter! Orleans are just head and shoulders above the rest.

Stan, sweet potatoes are all I eat. What makes the E. Arkansas taters different?

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Stan, sweet potatoes are all I eat. What makes the E. Arkansas taters different?

I'll take sweet taters over regular taters any day.

[Stan Hillis]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Stan, sweet potatoes are all I eat. What makes the E. Arkansas taters different?

It's the variety they grow, Daryl, the Orleans variety. First year they grew sweet potatoes they grew half the acreage in another variety and gave me a box of each to take home, with instructions to compare them and let him know what we thought. There was no contest. The Orleans was "creamier", almost like a soufflé in the hull. They also have no "stringiness", unlike all other store bought ones I've ever tried.

I think it's amazing how my friends went from never having grown sweet potatoes to planting 600 acres the first year. They continue to grow them so I assume it has been a profitable venture. Very labor intensive and expensive, crop to harvest, though.