On Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 9:10:18 AM UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Sun, 3 Jun 2018 05:21:17 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote:

On Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 7:21:12 AM UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jun 2018 20:37:38 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote:

On Friday, June 1, 2018 at 5:36:27 PM UTC-4, John H wrote:
This is really pretty good.

Cajun Baked Sweet Potato
" 1 tablespoon paprika
" 1 teaspoon brown sugar
" 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
" 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
" 1/2 teaspoon thyme
" 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
" 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
" 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
" 1 large sweet potato
" 1 tablespoon olive oil
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine the paprika, brown sugar, black pepper, onion powder, thyme,
rosemary, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper. Slice the sweet potatoes in half lengthwise; rub the
halves with olive oil, and then spread the seasoning mix over the open half of each potato. (I use a
butter knife.)
Bake for 45minutes or until the sweet potato is tender.
[Note: Simply multiply the recipe for more than one potato.]

Here's *the* recipe for sweet potatoes. Had it at the Mesa Grill in Vegas, Bobby Flay's restaurant. Awesome.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/smoked-chile-scalloped-sweet-potatoes-recipe-1945789

As soon as I read 'two cups of heavy cream' it became a no-no. I'd love it, but my wife wouldn't
consider it. Have you ever sliced a sweet potato? There's a lot of work involved with using a knife
to slice three sweet potatos in 1/8" thick slices. I'd probably cut a thumb off. I'll bet Bobby used
an electric slicer!

We've made it 3 or 4 times. A good quality kitchen mandoline is a must.

Had to look that one up. I think we've got one. Don't know how good it is though.

I broke the blade off of a decent plastic one doing sweet potatoes. It was fine for anything else but a sweet potato kicked its butt. We have a professional quality all metal one now.

You certainly have to respect a mandoline. I've never cut myself on one, but my wife got a little too confident and wasn't using the food holder/pusher. It wasn't too bad fortunately, but while she was grabbing a paper towel to wrap her finger, I flipped the mandoline over and found her fingerprint on the back side of the blade. Ouch.