Just need to convince my sister in law make a bunch of pies like she did last year with squash 
, she was bringing over about 4 pies every week.
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Pies and plus you got some smaller ones for slip next year.
My wife made a veggie dish is the crockpot with sweet potato chunks, brussel sprouts, cranberries, bacon bits and some seasonings. It was off the chain delicious. She didn’t follow a recipe so I cant share it.
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If anyone does find a sourfe for Korean sweet potato slips, please post here.
I’ve looked in the past but come up empty. I may try looking in a Korean grocery store when I visit the Houston area.
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So I picked up a few Korean sweet potatoes at the H-Mart in Katy, TX.
Plan on trying to grow them next summer. Need to read up on what to do and not do for them to develop shoots over winter in my house.
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I like to keep the sweet potatoes I’m saving for slips wrapped in brown paper lunch sacks in my basement which stays around 60 degrees all year. Newspaper or burlap works too, or if you have enough humidity they can be uncovered without drying out too badly.
The issue with store bought potatoes is that it’s hard to know how old they are. If they’ve already been stored in a climate controlled warehouse for a year it may be tough to keep them until spring. But it’s still worth a shot. Good luck!
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Thanks for the advice. I was waiting for someone not in my climate to chime in. What I mean is there is no place in my house that teaches 60 degrees in winter. We don’t have basements here. It’s not a thing.
Good news is I try to keep my house in the 60’s in winter, at least between the time stretches where it is cool enough outside to get the house below 70.
Inside humidity runs in the 50% range.
I’ll just have to see how it goes!
Thanks for the reply.
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No basements! Where do you hide during twisters?
You should be golden for storage then. In fact your store bought potatoes are probably pretty fresh. Much closer to the source!
Looking forward to your harvest pics next year.
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If I didn’t have TV to watch growing up, I would never know there was such a thing as a basement.
I grew up in New Orleans. We can’t even bury the dead below ground here!
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We have overwintered Korean Sweet Potatoes from an orignal HMart purchase the last three years. Just wrap a couple of smaller ones in newspaper and store in a cool dry place. They should be fine and ready to place in a jar in the window by late winter to make slips.
We really prefer the Korean/Japanese type for eating. They also seem to make a lot of flowers which is a pretty bonus during the growing season.
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In lieu of a basement, on the floor of a closet should suffice. They just have to make it to late winter. Don’t make the mistake that we did one year of waiting until April to start them in water to make slips - they take a bit to get going and were still pretty puny by early May when they should ideally be planted in our 7B.
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Thanks @Ospreyjp
I’m looking forward to growing them.
I’ve watched too many Korean dramas and variety shows not to a least try them!
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I used to love hearing the sound of the Yaki Imo truck coming through my neighborhood in the winter months…
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I actively hunt down the street vendor last time I was overseas 
i blame my husband for his picky eating but it was the only thing my daughter wanted to eat when i took her to see her dad for her 1st birthday. And to get a nose job 
no medical system tops USA medical tech 
found that out the hard way.
Also the random fish cake soup too 
that was my snack diet 
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A cup of steaming Oden (fish cake soup and other things) was my other favorite winter street food in Japan!
Loved seeing all of the beautiful persimmons hanging from the trees and drying under the eaves of houses this time of year.
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Mashed the camote morado sweet potatoes for thanksgiving dinner. added butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, and half/half. quite tasty!
I was initally concerned when cleaning them as several had cuts in them from pests. the cuts had hardened over nicely during the curing process though. does anyone know what causes damage like this and how to prevent it?
Post Wash and scrub pics featuring damaged parts. 2-3 of the larger ones came out unscathed.
Scrubbed and in the pot
very few strings if any which I love. flavor wasn’t overly sweet plain but had a good earthy rich tone. my 8 year old tried them without anything added and didn’t like them until I added butter and sugar. flesh was drier than any sweet potato I’ve ever gotten from the store. I hadn’t planned on adding half/half but had to because the mixture was too thick. they are a much darker purple than I expected but the purple color doesn’t seem to rub off on anything. dyed the water in the pressure cooker a dark purple though!
Only thing I would wish was that they were sweeter. maybe I made a mistake in curing them (It was my first time). I put them on a heat pad with a probe set to 85 degrees in a clear plastic tub with a top (slightly ajar) and a jar of water to keep the humidity up for ~2 weeks.
overall I do really like them and will be growing them again next year.
Pictured cooked (steamed in a pressure cooker) and skinned.
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Also if you have sawfly and they’re growing close to the surface, I’ve noticed sawfly and other various pest larva love sweet potatoes as well.
The one I’ve grown in pots had a lot less damage than those grown in ground during my trial last year.
Soil grubs also like to help themselves
One is better than none
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