March 31st: National Tater Day
National Tater day was actually named to honor the Kentuckian farmers who would celebrate the end of winter by trading Sweet Potato snippets to plant. Today people celebrate both the sweet potato and the regular white potato on Tater day.
There is actually very little similarity between the sweet potato and the white potato. I have listed some differences below.
The Sweet Potato VS The White Potato
- The white potato has a tad more calories. Sweet potatoes have more vitamins, fiber and calcium while white potatoes have more iron.
- Sweet potatoes are a much better potato choice for diabetics as white potato’s cause your blood sugars to rise 30% more than sweet potatoes.
- Sweet potatoes have more potassium than bananas!
- Most of the fiber from both potatoes are found in the skin.
- You can substitute sweet potatoes in any of your potato dishes.
White potato and sweet potato recipes:
February 24th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
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