Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: BWCA Food and Recipes :: sweet potatoes
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marsonite |
Sweet Potato Bark Snack on sweet potato bark while hiking – chewing it slowly to enjoy the hints of cinnamon and maple syrup. In the evening, it makes a tasty side dish of mashed sweet potatoes. For breakfast, use it in a high-energy porridge with apples and raisins. Sweet potatoes are high in fiber, potassium, vitamin A, and carbohydrates. Once you’ve tried sweet potato bark, try blending carrots or fruits into the mix. Ingredients: 1 large or 2 small to medium Sweet Potatoes (approx. 13 ounces before peeling) 1?2 Cup Apple Juice 1 Tbsp Real Maple Syrup 1 tsp Cinnamon (may include nutmeg) Yield Dry: Approx. 3?4 Cup of bark weighing 21?2 ounces. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into chunks. Boil until soft, drain, and mash. Stir in apple juice, maple syrup, and cinnamon. If you like nutmeg, you may replace half of the cinnamon with nutmeg. Run the mashed sweet potatoes through a blender until creamy. Dehydrate: (follow this procedure for Sweet Potato Bark, Double A Root Bark, and Fruit Root Bark) Cover dehydrator trays with non-stick Excalibur Paraflexx® sheets, parchment paper, or the fruit leather inserts that came with your dehydrator. Above: Blend cooked sweet potatoes until creamy and spread thinly on dehydrator tray. Flip the bark over after about six hours of drying. Spread thinly and as evenly as possible on covered dehydrator trays. Shoot for an eighth inch thickness. Dehydrate at 135° for eight to ten hours. The sweet potatoes will form a sheet that may have cracks running through it. After about six hours of drying, peel the bark off the non-stick sheets and flip it over to expose the bottom side to more hot air for the remainder of the drying time. Place the bark directly on the mesh dehydrator trays without the non-stick sheets. Depending on how long you dry it, the sweet potato sheet will either tear like fruit leather or break into bark. For snacking and short term use, you may prefer to dry it to the leather stage. If packing for a trip that will last more than a month, dry it longer to the snappy bark stage. |
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NotLight |
I decided to copycat you, with a gigantic sweet potato that I bought at whole foods. The web suggested cooling the slices in a little lemon juice water, and then drying at 125F. Apparently doing this is quite popular for dog treats. Mine did not quite dry overnight in the Excalibur at 125F. I would probably do 135F next time. They taste really good, and yes the dog likes them too. I will probably do a few more gigantic ones next week. |
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HammerII |
Ok let me share a little secert about sweet taters Everytime we see one all we can think about is thanksgiving You gotta take a step outside the box and embrace your wild side a bit Ok go grab one of those over grown giant sweet taters and peel it how grab the grater of your choice and get busy. When you're done fill a pan with water, bring it to a boil and drop handfuls of your grated tatters in the water for 3 to 5 minutes. The tiny piece cook fast and when tender(sampling is allowed of course) fish them out and drop into ice water to stop the cooking process. Lay the finished grated tatters on paper towels and remove as much water as possible Now spread this grated gold out on trays and dry away what you have created is a multi tasking camp food. Light weight with endless ways to prepare and eat so you're not facing the dreaded "not this again blues" How? Really? OK how about adding a cup of grated tatters to a boiling 1 1/2 cups of water. Let set for 10 minutes mash and add to your favorite pancake or bannock Lunch? Kick up that lowly packet of instant noodles with some grated potato's, dried sausage and a few shots of chili sauce Dinner? Heck everything from "candied tatters"(honey/sugar nutmeg et et) to sweet potato patties( mashed tatters with just enought of your favorite breading mix for a binder) to lightly fried with butter(glee) and your choice of seasonings One of my favorites is adding some to a quick bowl of instant oatmeal eat half of a big batch, add a pinches of flour to the remainer and gentle pan bake a sweet potato oatmeal type bannock for snacking during the day |
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BasecampMom |
quote mirth: "I bet mashed sweet potatoes would work well too. Hmmm... maybe something to think about for cold weather camping." This sounds AWESOME for Camptober!!! Maybe a root mash of Rutabaga, Sweet Potato, and Parsnip! |
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