Sweet potato, camote, 고구마

I bought sweet potatoes (고구마 go-gu-ma) last week as I was craving for fresh lumpia. I have the other ingredients inside our fridge. I was shocked to know how expensive it is now. I never had to buy them for the past two years, since my 아가씨 (a-ga-shi - my husband’s younger sister) has been supplying us with boxes for the past two autumns. I have tried different recipes for them. I had made sweet potato pies, steamed sweet potatoes, brown sugar coated and pan fried sweet potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes… and the list goes on. Redundant but I’d rather eat those tubers than let them go to waste.

Going back to my purchase last week. 100 grams of sweet potato at the supermarket I frequent cost 530 won (US$0.50 or 22.78 PP) so the total for three pieces I picked, all 340 grams, is 1,820 won (US$1.73 or 78.20 PHP). Expensive, isn’t it?