82 THE BOOK OF RARER VEGETABLES 
table. Boiled and cut into slices, then fried brown, 
the Sweet Potato forms a nice breakfast dish, and is also 
admirable as an accompaniment for roast poultry, especially 
duck. A rich baked pudding is' made from Sweet 
Potatoes ; and the same vegetable in the Southern States 
takes the place of pumpkin in making pies. They are 
also made into biscuits (I mean buns according to the 
speech of the home country), and are slowly baked with 
butter and sugar until glazed with a rich caramel sauce. 
I am sure that English people who once acquire a 
taste for Sweet Potatoes would welcome this addition 
to their tables ; though, unlike green Corn, which every 
foreigner loves upon first introduction, a taste for 
them must be cultivated.” Any of the ways in which 
ordinary Potatoes can be cooked are applicable to Sweet 
Potatoes. See “ The Book of Vegetables.” 
