I have to make a confession: I ate something with sweet potatoes that wasn't raw and I liked it. A lot. Sweet potato risotto. I'm still reserving judgement on sweet potato anything else. And I don't like the traditional sweet potato casserole.

And I don't like butternut squash, still.

Mmm... sweet potatoes. Isn't butternut what's actually in cans of pumpkin? I'm pretty sure my parents and grandmother are sweet potato and squashed out, since those are two of the few things she can eat.

What's in sweet potato casserole other than sweet potatoes?

I miss what we call sweet potatoes in Jamaica. They make a great pudding.

It's usually very sweet, often with marshmallows on top.

Quick googling shows a similarity in recipes between casserole and pudding. Does casserole basically mean what's cooked in the dish?

Yeah, I think so. Usually a casserole would be savory, often with a cream sauce (aka cream of mushroom soup or similar), but for sweet potato, casserole and pudding would be pretty much the same thing.

What Jesse said. I don't like the texture or the sweet+ that texture.

Well, the texture is pretty hard to avoid. But the sugar can be controlled. I don't remember the texture of American sweet potato pudding. Is it dense or fluffy?

Potato-y texture should not be sweet. Ever.

Well, sweet potatoes and regular potatoes have different textures. Also, the inherent sweetness of the sweet potato does lend itself to playing with sweetness, like squash. Sweet potato pie, always excellent- I like it better than pumpkin. I don't like the marshmallow action, but maple and molasses plays well with sweet potato.

I guess I just consider sweet potato more of a peer of squash, despite the name.

(I just made an awesome squash puree dish with maple syrup last night.)