In the cooler, Tyson keeps sweet potato cornbread batter ready and waiting at all times. So I try and use them whenever I can, because that’s our state vegetable,” said Tyson. “I try to use them because, they’re very versatile, they’re fairly inexpensive, and you can do a lot with them. The cornbread is also used for croutons dropped on top of salads and for a real Southern treat, buttermilk, with a side of sweet potato cornbread to dip or crumble. On a rack in the kitchen, are rows of baked sweet potatoes ready to be used in cornbread, and for sweet potato cornbread stuffing. “It’s always been on the menu,' said Tyson. Stephanie Tyson is the chef and co-owner of Sweet Potatoes restaurant. The New York Times says the sweet potato cornbread at Sweet Potatoes Restaurant is tasty too! In the newspaper’s special feature titled “The United States of Thanksgiving,” it says the restaurant likes to quote, “blend one Southern staple into another with the result being cornbread laced with a holiday-friendly undercurrent of cinnamon and nutmeg.” “It’s just, it’s kind of sweet, and it’s like regular cornbread too, but it’s got the sweet potatoes in it that makes it sweeter,' said Sandra Cox, eating a sweet potato cornbread muffin with butter. “They’re very tasty, and you can taste a little bit of the sweet potato,” said Bill Cox. Most visits, they get the Veggie Gumbo with a side of sweet potato cornbread muffins. Bill and Sandra Cox of Clemmons, North Carolina are regulars. Sweet Potatoes is on North Trade Street and is a busy place most nights around dinner time. It's a daily staple at Sweet Potatoes Restaurant in Winston-Salem. The New York Times says it “scoured the nation for recipes that evoke each of the 50 states.” You guessed it, for North Carolina, the newspaper chose to highlight a sweet potato recipe. So this Thanksgiving, there are bound to be sweet potato side dishes on many tables. More sweet potatoes are grown here than anywhere else in the country. If you have lived in North Carolina for any amount of time, you have likely heard this is the sweet potato state.

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