Under Sweet Potato Duress

Sweet potatoes are about a southern as grits. You can bet that if there is a celebration, that there will be a sweet potato casserole somewhere. Although my youngest daughter has never even crossed the Mason Dixon, she is a firm believer in this tradition as well, so every year, without doubt, Grandma Net’s Sweet Potato Casserole is her choice to make for Thanksgiving. It is creamy and sweet, and should be served as dessert, but somehow makes it on the table for dinner instead.

Over the years, changes have been made.  We have life threatening egg and nut allergies in our family.  I can’t remember for certain if there were eggs in the original version, but do I know for a fact that there was a pecan streusel topping that was my favorite that for years has been omitted. I’ll include it for you though! I think the filling is so rich that it really needs to be offset with something other than marshmallows, but that is my daughter’s favorite, so we have compromised and just put a single ring around the edge of the big marshmallows and left the center open.