And not to ignore the Sweet Potato....

Sweet Potato Salad

1 pound sweet potatoes -- baked
1/2 cup cooked green peas -- cold
1/2 cup crushed unsweetened pineapple
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1/3 cup favorite dressing
8 lettuce leaves (optional)

Peel and slice sweet potatoes and place in a small bowl. Add remaining ingredients; toss lightly. If desired, serve on lettuce leaves.

6-8 Red potatoes med. to large
3-4 hard boiled eggs
6-8 radishes (optional)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp celery seed (not salt)
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
2-3 scallions (green onions)
1 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup of dill pickle juice pour over sliced potatoes.
combine 1/2 cup of mayonnaise & 1/2 cup sour cream first and then mix in with potatoes etc. garnish with egg slices. Cookie

German Potato Salad

2-3 lbs cooked potatoes (slices or chunks), cooled
1 onion, chopped
3 thick slices bacon, larded
2 tbls bacon fat
1 tbls flour
1 tbls parsley, chopped
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup white vinegar
2/3 cup water
Salt & pepper to taste

Mix potatoes with half the onion and the parsley.

Mix together the sugar, vinegar and water. Set aside.

Cook larded bacon in a skillet until well browned. Drain on paper towels and set aside. Reserve 2 tbls bacon fat in pan. Add the other half of the onion and cook until soft. Add flour and blend well. Slowly add sugar/vinegar/water mixture. Bring to boil, stirring constantly, until thickened.

Add to potatoes, mixing well. Season with salt & pepper.

Serve hot or cold.

Maple Glazed sweet potatoes

2 1/2lbs or 3lbs potatoes
4T butter or margarine
1/2 C lite pancake syrup
4T brown sugar (light color)
miniature marshmallows
1t cinnamon
1/2 t nutmeg
1/2 t cloves
1) boil potatoes until soft and tender not mushy
2) cool potatoes then peel cut into 1/4 inch rounds
3) Make your mixture pf pancake syrup brown sugar cinnamon nutmeg & melted butter pour over potatoes.
4) put into crock pot and slow cook in crock pot.
you can also marinade cooked potatoes over night in pancake syrup. these are really good sweet potatoes. Top them off with mini marshmallows. Cookie

I love sweet potatoes in syrup Cookie, thanks for sharing. Boy I bet these would be tasty if you used real Maple Syrup!!! I am going to try that this Thanksgiving!