Mashed Sweet Potatoes

I started having a real appreciation for sweet potatoes this past year. I suppose i attribute this to my search for original foods of the Indigenous Peoples. My favorite way of cooking these root vegetables is to wrap them up in foil and bake them off in the oven. However for our thanksgiving dinner i used to as an alternative to our usual turnip and what a treat. The texture of the sweet potato is so soft and the flavors are not over-powering at all but very complimentary to the turkey dinner. So, this is what you need:

4 medium sized sweet potatoes, medium chop
1-2 tbsp of butter
1/4 tsp of pepper

Here we go. Peel the sweet potatoes. Add them to a pot of water and bring to a boil. No need for any salt but if you like a small pinch will be just fine. Next step once they are cooked is to strain them. Just before you mash add the butter and pepper. from here they are ready to be served. Now if you want to add a whole lot more flavor add some brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Hope you like.