Are the flowers white? My mom pointed these out and called them Indian Potatoes. They have one potato or bulb whichever you want to call it. They grow wild at my place and I usually have one or to beside the house and one beside the pump house. Susie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:32 PM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Fried Sweet Potatos are a traditional Creek food > Hey Richard B. > > There is a Native Sweet Potato in the Southeast that was eaten by the > Creeks. That is why there was a "Potato Clan." It was either baked in > coals or > fried in hickory nut oil. The indigenous Sweet Potato like its South > American > cousin (which is cultivated now) was a member of the Morning Glory > family. > The flowers and leafs are almost identical to a Morning Glory, but form a > bush > shape like a bean plant. The Southeastern Sweet Potato only has one > potato > per plant, whereas the South American cultivated Sweet Potato has > multiple > potato. > > Richard T. > > > > **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your > budget? > Read reviews on AOL Autos. > (http://autos.aol.com/cars-Volkswagen-Jetta-2009/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00030000000007 > ) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >