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  • Sweet potato pone dessert on light blue plate with woven bowl and gravy in background
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    Sweet Potato Pone, Jane Dotson

    ByKara November 3, 2016April 8, 2026

    “In a year of low incomes from cotton, such as 1934, tenants speak of their [winter] store of sweet potatoes in terms which make it clear that they regard this store as life itself. A man’s sweet potatoes are his banked resources, his protection against starvation and destitution until advances begin in the spring.” –…

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  • Baked sweet potato pone with cinnamon sugar topping in amber glass baking dish on wooden surface
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    Sweet Potato Pone, Mrs. Y. Kirkpatrick-Howat

    ByKara October 26, 2016March 6, 2026

    As of this post, the Old Line Plate database has 14 different “pone” recipes in it. These fall into three basic categories: straight-up corn pone, old-fashioned pone containing molasses (usually also containing cornmeal or just ‘meal’), and sweet potato pone.  According to the “Post & Courier” of Charleston, SC, sweet potato pone evokes a special sentimentality in…

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