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7:49 am
March 11, 2009
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I've never canned sweet potatoes before, but now I have 80# of them to do. Our local IGA had them on sale last week for 27 cents a pound. So I got two cases (gulp!). I know you have to cube them to can, not mashed. My question is whether you have to peel them. A lot of the nutrients are in the peels. Also, peeling sweet potatoes is hard work for my wrists and hands. Could I wash them carefully and can with the peels on? Hope someone here has experience with this.
Also, has anyone dehydrated sweet potato chips? Are they good and are they worth the time to do them?
8:24 am
February 10, 2009
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Ah! Wonderful score mountainwoman!! Well, I have heard that dehydrated sweet potato slices/chips are great! Also, cooked, (possibly baked whole so the skins slip right off?) mashed and dehydrated reconstitute well too, but I myself have not done this. I'd sure be trying it if I got such a deal on them.
I rather suspect pealing them before canning is best… but I don't know for sure… but I am sure that some others will jump in with more information soon though!
9:40 am
February 10, 2009
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Well, maybe it's not necessary to peel them for canning! At least not while they're raw. In looking around since it says to partially cook them before cubing to pressure can them, and it seems that oven baking is an option for that too, baking them for 20 to 30 minutes should make the skins slip off pretty easy! Or if you prefer boiling, splitting them in half maybe, then boiling and just scraping the skins off.
It sounds like adding orange juice to the liquid to keep them from darkening would be a very tasty thing for them too! My favorite sweet potato casserole has several tablespoons… (ok, about half a can) of frozen OJ in it to add flavor and sweetness to it, so this sounds great to me!
Now I really want to hear from others who have tried this!
9:44 am
March 13, 2011
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I have canned them but I peeled them first, they do end up very soft. I like to bake them and freeze them with the peels on putting several in one zip style freezer bag, this is the way I like best. I can take them out and heat for baked potatoes or peel and cut for candied potatoes or simply peel and mash for casseroles.
10:23 am
June 1, 2010
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Mountain Woman–I wash 'em, slice 'em, and dehydrate them. Great munchie for me and for pooch. In fact, she noses around the dehydrator when it's sweet potato time. Nevetr have enough to use for casserole or other cooked dish.
5:57 am
March 11, 2009
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Thanks for the info. I knew I could get answers here. Think I'll try both ways – baking and parboiling to get the skins off. See which works better. And will try dehydrating some chips too. Now the work begins. . . .
8:45 pm
July 14, 2011
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I just did some this afternoon. I peeled, cubed and boiled until just tender. I canned them at 10lbs for 65 minutes (we're at about 665' above sea level) for pints. I used pints because I'm the only one that really likes them in our family.
2:24 pm
July 29, 2009
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I know with regular potatoes, you MUST peel them because the skins harbor botulism. I don't know if this is the case with sweet potatoes, but personally, it's not a risk I'd be willing to take.
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