The interesting history behind why we add marshmallows to our sweet potatoes.
Just one Southern state,North Carolina, grows about 60 percent of Americas sweet potato supply.
As far as the toppings for sweet potato casserole go, pecans, we can understand.
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The spuds and pecans share nutty notes.
At the same time, the saltiness of the nuts play nicely with the aptly-named sweet potatoes.
Marsh mallow in its original meaning refers to thealthaea officinalisplant.
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Recipes formarshmallowsstart to pop up around this time.
Several recipes in cookbooks from the past 400 years call for pairing potatoes with sugar.
Its all starting to sound eerily familiar, right?
That being said, the trend really exploded after the Angelus Marshmallow Company pamphlet was distributed far and wide.
Who actually invented the first combination of sweet potatoes with marshmallows might be lost to the annals of history.
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