Sweet Potato Varieties - a podcast by Kevin Espiritu | Urban Gardener, Hydroponics Enthusiast, Plant Lover

from 2020-11-02T12:00

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Sweet potato fries burst into popularity a few years ago, but sweet potatoes have been a staple food for quite a long time. While the crunchy version served with aioli may be new, these versatile sweet potato varieties that range in color from purple to cream-colored to orange and red have been a nutritious and tasty food for almost 5000 years. Now grown throughout the world, Ipomoea Batatas has almost 7000 known varieties.

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