Recipe for "sweet-potato"

NAME

     SWEET-POTATO - Mashed sweet potatoes with marshmallows
     This recipe is traditional in my family for holiday  dining.
     It comes from my great-grandmother.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 6-8)

     1 kg      sweet potatoes (canned or precooked)
     500 ml    milk
     40 g      brown sugar
     50 g      melted butter
     2.5 ml    salt
     0.5 ml    pepper
     0.5 ml    cinnamon
     40 g      raisins
               marshmallows

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Mash sweet potatoes by putting through a sieve  or
               beating  in  an  electric beater or using a potato
               masher or food mill.
          (2)  Add milk gradually (if you  add  it  too  fast  it
               splashes and is hard to mix in).
          (3)  Mix in remaining ingredients.
          (4)  Put in buttered casserole.
          (5)  Heat through (bake in slow oven (120 deg.  C)  for
               20-30 minutes, or in microwave).
          (6)  Cover top with marshmallows.
          (7)  Return to oven  until  marshmallows  are  slightly
               melted  and  a  bit brown (if the oven is too hot,
               the marshmallows will disappear!)  This step  can-
               not be done in the microwave.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy with an electric mixer.  Time:  15  minutes
     preparation,  30  minutes  baking.   Precision:  approximate
     measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Spencer W. Thomas
     Computer Science Dept., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
     thomas@utah-cs.arpa