Granny's Sweet Tater Soup

I can't say for sure which "Granny" this was from, but it is a favorite recipe with me! 
This is certainly a recipe you won't see everyday! This one, like so many of my heirloom recipes, comes from someone looking in their pantry, finding it limited.  As root vegetables are often stored for the winter in a root cellar, this looking in the cellar found "Sweet Potatoes"!

Ingredients:

• 6 Sweet Potatoes, peeled and chopped
• Ham Stock or water
• 1/2 Cup of sugar
• 2 1/2 Cups of whole milk
• 1/2 Cup of heavy cream
• 1 Cup of cooked ham, finely diced
• pinch of nutmeg

Directions: Place the chopped potatoes in a saucepan, cover them with the stock or water. Cover the pan and cook over medium high heat, till the liquid is just about gone, stirring occasionally so that they don't burn. Stir in the sugar, ham and milk. Cook for about 10 minutes.  Add the cream and cook for another 5 minutes. Serve hot with a dollop of butter and a slight pinch of nutmeg on each serving.  You may wish to dress each serving with croutons or soda crackers.

Thanks, Granny - this is great!  I'd say it's good as finding gold in that cellar!

"However fleeting and changeable life may appear to be on the surface, we know that the great underlying values of life are always the same; no different today than they were a thousand years ago."  Laura Ingalls Wilder

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