Regional food from my land (the potato)

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My ancestors the Guarani were characterized by being very good farmers of the land, they cultivated all their food among them the sweet potato, also can be known as the "sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato or sweet potato."

When I was a kid, I lived in a neighborhood where we had a lot of land that we used to plant different futures, vegetables and vegetables.

We prepared the land, and planted corn, manioc, squash, tomatoes, peppers, different vegetables and vegetables, today I want to share with you the manual process we did with my grandmother and my mother in the sweet potato plantation. But many places continue to use this old procedure.

The sweet potato plant is a guide that develops a creeper type flush with the ground, has a beautiful flower similar to a violet bell, its fruits are formed from its roots, are plants that develop very well in "tropical and subtropical zones."


Fuente: http://www.huertocaseropr.com/2012/02/como-cultivar-batatas-en-su-huerto.html

The planting work is very simple, the surface must be thoroughly cleaned before planting. Once the soil has been cleaned, all weeds must be raked and removed, the weed removed, the soil must be turned, a depth of 30 centimeters or the top of a spade of tip, this is done so that the earth is soft and can develop without problem the fruit of the plant.

The next job is to fertilize the soil, fertilizer is mixed with the soil, here we use cow dung and hangover, the hangover is achieved in the forest, the leaves and sticks that fall to the ground are disseminated and Are mixed with the earth, this mixture of sticks, herbs and black soil is what we call hangover, others use garbage previously buried and scattered in the earth, once the surface has been fertilized, the earth must be raked again to leave the surface Smooth, as we see in the image.


Fuente: https://hogar.uncomo.com/articulo/como-sembrar-patatas-360.html

When the soil is a couple, a few strands are pulled to plant as straight as possible, between each plot there must be a space to be able to walk in order not to step on the plant, this is fundamental for the maintenance of the plants, once done This process we can begin to plant.

Below we see a video that I found on the web with the preparation of the lines and the way of planting

Fuente: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFrTosbHTolZO6BNYlxHL7g

As the shoots come out we have to do the maintenance removing all the weeds, water daily with abundant water, not too much, the plant can not be submerged in water, at four months, the planting should be as we see in the image


Fuente: http://inta.gob.ar/noticias/batata-el-inta-promociona-la-diversificacion-productiva-y-el-agregado-de-valor-en-tucuman

From the date we plant the plant, the fruit of the sweet potato will be ready to harvest between four and five months, when harvesting all leaves are removed and the fruit is unearthed, when unearthing it must be careful not to hurt the fruit, Of that of the hanging of the vegetable.

The collection work can be seen in the images and videos, there is a video of manual extraction and a video of extraction on a large scale.


Fuente: http://www.huertocaseropr.com/2012/02/como-cultivar-batatas-en-su-huerto.html

Manual Extraction

Fuente: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPUAZ2ZZPcpyf0gam3Qefeg

Extraction on a large scale

Fuente: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOlX3LmnI2b0KzXRE5tR54g

There are numerous varieties of sweet potatoes, I will only name the most known varieties
The "Californian, Jasper, Violet, Georgia, Eland, Centennial, Blanca Blanca, red, pink and yellow potatoes from Málaga, the Waal of Guatemala and the flat of Tucumán".

The sweet potatoes that exist in my country are the "yellow criollas", "criollas criollo", "white sweet potato", "red potato sweet potato"


Fuente: http://www.culturanatural.net/la-batata-y-sus-propiedades-curativas/

The consumption of the sweet potato is very traditional in my province, main component of the foods that we can find as locro, Jopara, carrero stew, French fries, mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes, sweet potato and potato jams

French fries

Fuente: https://batata-frita.recetascomidas.com/

Mashed potatoes

Fuente: http://i24mujer.com/2014/04/recetas-para-bebes-pure-de-batata

Roasted potatoes

Fuente: http://sevilla.abc.es/gurme/recetas/batatas-asadas/

Locro de Batata

Fuente: http://recetasdekocina.blogspot.com.ar/2010/05/locro-argentino-del-bicentenario.html

Potato stew stew

Fuente: http://www.elsanjuanino.com.ar/comidas-tradicional-argentina/guisos-argentinos/

Jopara

Fuente: http://canelamagazine.com/?p=1715

Homemade Potato Marmalade

Fuente: http://www.mariscakes.net/2012/03/jalea-de-batata-dulce-de-batata.html

Homemade Sweet Potatoes

Fuente: http://recetas.paraguay.com/receta/dulce-de-batata/

Sweet Potato Industrial

Fuente: http://www.yerbamate-thee.nl/Dulce-de-Batata-Arcor-Vanille

I hope this post has been to your liking and enjoyed as much as you enjoy doing it, if you want to know more you just have to enter the links link.

Fuentes: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_batatas
Fuentes: http://fichas.infojardin.com/hortalizas-verduras/batatas-boniatos-camote-moniato-papa-dulce.htm
Fuentes: http://www.todoagro.com.ar/noticias/nota.asp?nid=1283

I'll wait for you tomorrow to enjoy another story of my land Corrientes.

José Luis Fernández
Corrientes Argentina


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