We have a theme this week of two varieties of the same veggie. It should be fun to compare the differences
The Covingtons have brick orange skin, while the Carolina Rubys skin is well.. ruby.
In order to store well, sweet potatoes are cured after harvest. After spending 10 days at 85-90 degrees, the sweet potatoes will keep at 60 degrees until spring, which is good because Nichols Farm harvested over 30,000lbs (!!) this season.
The Bayou Belles are the purplish-red, ones, while the Covingtons have brick orange skin.
Japanese sweet potato from the outside look like the Carolina Rubies that we had a few shares back, but their flesh is a pale white. Fluffy, and sweet these are pretty tasty just baked, or use anywhere you would any other sweet potato.
