Show sweet potato rich in protective food value the sweet potato is a gold mine in in protective food values extension nutritionists say the sweet potato is in group I 1 of the basic 7 foods all the vegetables of this group are rich in vita vitamin min A value A large sweet potato will furnish an appreciable amount of the anti scurvy factor vitamin C whether it is baked or boiled in the skin since vitamin C dissolves in the cooking water the water should be drained from the cooked potato as soon as the potato is tender the ways of serving the sweet potato are unlimited it is hard however to find a more appetizing food than a hot sweet potato served with butter for variety try a grated raw sweet potato pudding sweetened with cane sweet potatoes on the half shell dress up plain baked potatoes just split the baked potato scoop out the center mash and season and add raisins or pecans or both put the potato mixture into the shells and brown in the oven |