Craving to Eat Sweet Potatoes' Tops

@Shavkat (140521)

Philippines

January 21, 2021 3:40am CST

I am not sure with you guys if you eat sweet potatoes' tops or the leafy part of this root vegetable. I just need some shredded red tomatoes, mix with fish sauce and vinegar. I just want to share this piece of information that they are edible to eat. I can have it with just plain rice.

Have you tried to eat the young sweet potatoes' tops? Image Credit: lh3.googleusercontent.com

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@LadyDuck (478938)

• Italy

21 Jan 21

NO,I wonder where I could find sweet potatoes tops.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

21 Jan 21

I am sorry if you can find them there. In my old house, we do have them in the backyard. Now, I need to buy them in the public market.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

@LadyDuck Okay. I got it. I like it when I put some butter on it.

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@LadyDuck (478938)

• Italy

22 Jan 21

@Shavkat We do not like sweet potatoes, so I do not plant them.

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

21 Jan 21

Only sweet potatoes available here in market, not seen any leaf. I love sweet potatoes. Never used tops.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

21 Jan 21

I hope you can have the chance to eat them. Perhaps you can plant a sweet potato and it will have these young leafy tops. Is it possible?

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@Sreekala (34312)

• India

22 Jan 21

@Shavkat It is not possible in our current place. We had this plant in our native house in my childhood.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

@Sreekala Oh, I see. It is also not possible here. Since we are just renting the place, the landowner might get angry if we plant some here.

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@Marilynda1225 (85308)

• United States

21 Jan 21

I love sweet potatoes but have never tried the tops

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

I always have sweet potatoes as a snack in the house. I prefer the purple ones.

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@JudyEv (358403)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Jan 21

I didn't know you could eat the tops of sweet potatoes. That's something new I've learnt.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

It is also the same with chayote tops. They can be eaten, too. It's my pleasure to share about it.

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@thelme55 (77702)

• Germany

21 Jan 21

I miss that too as in a salad. I think I will plant sweet potato for summer this year so I can have that veggie.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

I have been missing the moment of harvesting and boil them. Then, dip them to fish sauce with vinegar. It will be great if you can plant them and have the sweet potatoes as a snack, too.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

23 Jan 21

@thelme55 I join you with that feeling.

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@thelme55 (77702)

• Germany

22 Jan 21

@Shavkat I am drooling for this food.

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@CarolDM (203409)

• Nashville, Tennessee

21 Jan 21

Only had the potato.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

I got it. I also like the sweetened sweet potatoes or baked.

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@allknowing (149471)

• India

21 Jan 21

I have never tried eating sweet potato leaves.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

I guess it is only commonly eaten in my country.

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@msdivkar (23357)

• India

21 Jan 21

I never knew about it. Thanks for the information but we don't grow sweet potatoes in our house.

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@msdivkar (23357)

• India

21 Jan 21

@Shavkat I stay in a flat where it is not possible. In my childhood I used to be in sweet potatoes farm owned by my aunty. It was a huge one and they used to have big stacks of the material in their home.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

@msdivkar I hope we can have a new house with spacious land. If ever, I want to plant some sweet potatoes.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

21 Jan 21

We used to have them in the back of the house. I hope you can try it.

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@rakski (142946)

• Philippines

21 Jan 21

yes, my rabbits also like that

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

21 Jan 21

It seems that your rabbit has good taste like me.

But it cannot eat have some fish sauce.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

@rakski How about chayote tops? We have lots of them here.

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@rakski (142946)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

@Shavkat they do not like kangkong, they prefer camote tops

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@AkoPinay (11524)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

Yes. We eat sweet potato tops almost everyday. In Bicol we usually add it in fish sour soup called "kusido" (Bicol version of sinigang).

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

@AkoPinay Before this pandemic, I was planning to go to Bicol. Well, I guess it needs to be delayed for now. I would like to try different delicacies in Bicol.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

It sounds delicious. Speaking of Bicol, I am starting to crave Bicol express. I want to try this 'kusido.'

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@AkoPinay (11524)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

@Shavkat Best fish for "kusido" is Red Snapper fish but expensive haha GG is fine... we add sweet potato tops instead of water spinach (kangkong) and native lemon (kalamansi) instead of tamarind.

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@ZedSmart (19785)

• Philippines

21 Jan 21

They are so delicious for me and beneficial. We should serve salad in every meal.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

21 Jan 21

For Ilocanos, they do love them and I am one of them. I hope we can have a spacious lot here and plant them there.

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@cabuyogty (3933)

• Philippines

21 Jan 21

Not yet but i want to try that sweet potatoes tops :)

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

21 Jan 21

If you are in my country, you can have some in the backyard, especially in lowland areas.

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@lazydaizee (6734)

• United Kingdom

21 Jan 21

I like sweet potatoes but I have never eaten the leafy part. By the time the sweet potatoes reach our shops the leaves have been removed. I think the leaves on ordinary potatoes could be toxic, so I would not think of eating them.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

21 Jan 21

I guess they really need to remove the leafy parts of sweet tomatoes there. I am not sure if they are toxic. We have been eating them in the past and until now. You have point about this. Let me check more about this concern.

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@Babale (1869)

• Semarang, Indonesia

22 Jan 21

I have never eaten young sweet potato leaves, let alone raw ones. More often eat young leaves from cassava which are made vegetables with coconut milk. It is very delicious eaten with hot chili sauce and salted fish.

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@prinzcy (32300)

• Malaysia

22 Jan 21

@Babale this is our version here as well. I never try sweet potatoes tops though.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

22 Jan 21

I haven't tried to eat cassava's young leaves. How does it taste? I want to try to eat this delicacy if I have the chance to go there in your country.

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@Babale (1869)

• Semarang, Indonesia

22 Jan 21

@Shavkat It is very tasty and delicious, especially when eaten hot. You can see an example in this video, Cassava leaf curry.

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@DaddyEvil (153182)

• United States

23 Jan 21

Sweet potato vines aren't eaten here. Some of them may be edible but others are poisonous.

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@Shavkat (140521)

• Philippines

24 Jan 21

I think we need to be careful in eating them. In my city, they are safe to be eaten.

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@DaddyEvil (153182)

• United States

24 Jan 21

@Shavkat I hope so. Enjoy!