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What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? As far as turkey goes, I'll have the white meat, please. Mashed potatoes? Sure. Gravy? Why not...just a little. Stuffing? No. I'll skip stuffing any day. I know, I'm weird. (I've been told that I made great stuffing-- but I eat just one bite of it). What I really hold out for are sweet potatoes. As a kid, I could hardly wait for sweet potatoes with melted marshmallows, and that golden crust crunch. The best. It wasn't until I was all grown up, that I first made this very recipe, while watching Emeril Lagasse's Food Network show back in 2002. This recipe is for grownups. It has fresh orange juice, vanilla bean and-- bourbon. The funny thing is, I'm not a bourbon drinker. Never have…
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