Sweet potato pie

Recipe origin: United States African Americans

Ingredients

• 1 pie shell (9-inch), unbaked
• 3 medium sweet potatoes
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup milk
• 1½ sticks butter
• 1¼ cups sugar
• 1 Tablespoon flour
• 1½ Tablespoons lemon extract
• 2 Tablespoons nutmeg

Procedure

1. Wash and scrub sweet potatoes. Place them in a large saucepan and add water to cover them.
2. Boil them in their skin until easily pierced with a fork (about 20 minutes). Allow potatoes to cool slightly. Peel and mash until smooth.
3. Preheat oven to 350°F.
4. Add butter, sugar, flour, milk, eggs, and nutmeg. Mix well.
5. Add lemon extract and stir until smooth.
6. Put ingredients in pie shell and bake for 30 minutes.

Hoppin' John, a popular dish of rice and black-eyed peas, is traditionally eaten on New Year's Day to bring good luck throughout the rest of the year. Red beans and rice is another traditional dish, especially in the southern states.

Recipe origin: United States Southern Region

Ingredients

• 1 stick margarine
• 2 cups sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 small can evaporated milk
• 2 pie crusts, unbaked
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 1½ teaspoons cinnamon

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. (To cook sweet potatoes, peel them and chop into small chunks, then boil until soft, about 25 minutes.) Mix mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, and margarine until creamy.
3. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
4. Pour into piecrusts and bake for 1 hour.

Makes 2 pies.

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