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Baked Sweet Potatoes

From Every-day dishes and every-day work, 1897

Small sweet potatoes are best steamed.

Presented as published in 1897. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Every-day dishes and every-day work (1897) by E. E. Kellogg, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Baked Sweet Potatoes. — Select those of uniform size, wash clean, cutting out any imperfect spots, wipe dry, put into a moderately hot oven, and bake about one hour

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