Internet is such a unique and wonderful world. I’m pretty sure most of us got to know at least one new person using chat boards and/or forums.
Over the years I met and got to know wonderful people out there.
On the other hand this online world had its downs.
For the last couple of months I received several messages that made me raise my eyebrow.
If you read me for a while you know I’m not a big tweeter or facebooker (don’t think that’s a word). I simply don’t have the time to do that. I learned how to tweet after reading this post (Thanks Kim) and still don’t know how Facebook works. (I’d appreciate if someone took the time to explain it to me).
Lately I received some messages, some from other twitters, some from fellow bloggers.
Most of the messages are about following and of course stop following. Is there a prize if you reach a certain amount of followers? I follow a handful of people and their blogs (even tho time doesn’t allow me to leave comments for every post) but never asked them to follow back. I read them because I WANT to not because I HAVE to.
Yesterday I received a weird email. A fellow blogger from France, whom I’ve never corresponded with, was asking me to send a photo and more details about me since she’d like to know me better.
Due to obvious security concerns my preference is not to send any photos and personal details to people I just met.
Oh yeah, I promised you some sweet potato rolls.
I’ve been meaning to make these rolls for weeks, even ate the potatoes twice 
) . Today finally the day came.
) . Today finally the day came. They look pretty, don’t they?
Since we all slept in late today I didn’t start taking all the ingredients out of the fridge/pantry by 10.30. I used whole milk only, forgot to buy buttermilk.
With the recipe in front on me I started my proofing the yeast, mixing milk with potatoes, measure the flour and shortly after that all the ingredients were mixing together in my stand up mixer. Suddenly I hear my husband: Get ready, we’re going out for lunch. What ?!! I’m making bread !!!
With oiled hands took the sticky dough from the mixer’s bowl and placed it in a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge to prevent it from raising before I was back home.
Now, by the time we got ready, went out, enjoyed lunch in company of friends and return home my dough tripled in volume in the fridge. OMG!!
Punch it down, change clothes, shape rolls and pray.
I only made half of the recipe and divided it into 12 rolls, baked at 350F for 25 minutes.
To everyone surprise they turned out so good. I wish I made the entire recipe. There’s always tomorrow, right?
I’ve made before potato bread but this is the first time I’m using sweet potatoes in bread. If you love making bread and like to try different recipes, try this one. You’re not going to feel sorry. It’s soft, fluffy, lightly sweet and the flavor of sweet potatoes is not overwhelming.
To get the recipe you have to visit my friend Dionne’s blog.
Sweet Potato Breead
If you don’t know Dionne, you’re missing a lot. She’s a wonderful person, she tells good stories, she’s funny, a great cook and baker and always makes me smile. Every Monday I’m looking forward to see what new bread recipe she’s talking about. Her photos make you rush in the kitchen and start baking.
Thank you Dionne !!
Thank you Monet, Carolyn, Wendy, Elisabeth Lora Alisha Sara Kate Claudia Nancy Gina Dionne
Andreea Sandra
Thanks everyone for reading and taking the time to leave a comment, you always make me smile.
As usual,
As usual,
Roxana
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Lovely post as always and the potato rolls look very appealing, I want to eat at least one
Love the rolls. They look very tasty! Sorry about the high creepy factor of the fellow blogger…most of us are pretty cool tho
As usual,ur clicks make me drool.wonderful recipe and thanks for sharing.
Those rolls look beautiful and yummy! I just voted for you for TOP 100 Mom Blog. Good luck!
that IS a very odd request..
pictures and information seems a bit much..
well, you cant really EXPLAIN facebook,
but all i can say is , it IS very addicting,
its just a way to add friends, keep in touch , see pictures, comments..
its very public. Veryyyyy public, which might also be its down fall,
you can see comments posted between friends on your "home" not on your own personal profile.
anyway, try making a facebook, add your friends, search for them, and just fiddle around with it (:
there are games and stuff you can play on there too, i hear Farmville is very fun.. and addicting to play, although ive never tried..
anyway, all i can say is..
BEAUTIFUL SWEET POTATO ROLLS!
they looks so dainty and adorable.
Yup, weird request. I always trust my gut on that kind of stuff and er on the side of caution. Sometimes I think about removing my email from my blog just because of the amount of phishing emails I receive.
The rolls look wonderful, I love the spirals!
They are so cute! And I'm sure the sweet potato makes them amazingly moist!
Those rolls look great! So glad they turned out for you. I've had that issue before too where life takes over in the middle of a rise. I hope lunch was good!
I love these beautiful rolls! Thank you for trying the recipe, I hope you liked it!
I remember the first time I got an odd email from someone (this was about 10 years ago…) They said I inherited millions from an uncle that owned an oil company overseas. You know where I am going with this. Thank goodness I never ever sent anything and the social security number plus bank account and mailing address request was what made me hesitate thankfully. I did believe it for about a day and I was racking my brain to think of how many brothers my parents had!
Anyway, the internet can be great but it's an easy avenue for creeps as well. As you know.
I hope you are having a good day!
this looks too good , i love ur posts & awesome recipes !
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I bookmarked it already.. what a wonderful recipe! They look suer cute n your pics are gorgeous as always
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adorable!!! i love sweet potato + bread!!!
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Those potato knots look wonderful! They must have tasted great as well.
Ce bine te inteleg… si pe aici se practica: te urmaresc daca ma urmaresti. Nici eu nu inteleg rostul. Cat despre facebook … ai grija ce iti doresti. E addictive si iti mananca tot timpul.
Super painicile tale.Oare pot fi facute si cu cartofi normali?
Sa ai o saptamana linistita.
These rolls are so cute! Great little shapes. And, the sweet potatoes in them sound great.
Roxana!! I was SOOOOO excited when I was reading the blog of one of my friends and I saw your Spring Sugar Cookies Post at the top on the Foodbuzz add!!!! Congratulations:-D I am thrilled for you. The picture looked gorgeous with the bright color cookie and flower!
These rolls look beautiful as well. I love the swirl! I would definitely go with your gut about giving personal information. If you feel weird about it at all, I would not do it. Warm wishes for a great day!
What fabulous rolls! I love the swirl of dough~
I am sure you already know this, but a big NO on someone wanting anything personal from you!
These are wonderful rolls and seriously adorable! Dionne is getting serious on the bread front and this is a lovely recipe, they look amazing!
P.S. I am not so good with Twitter, but Facebook semi…if you need anything let me know, more than happy
Roxana, when it comes to making rolls, you are the "queen" of them all. Very addictive, and delicious. Love the swirl shape!
I tried to make sweet potato bread once and it was a complete failure! Now I know where to look for next time I decide to give it a try!
I love to make sweet potato biscuits but I have never tried sweet potato bread! I will have to give it a try! (so glad your dough wasn't ruined!) These look delicious!
Oh Roxana this is sooo beautiful and looks divine!
Your photos are stunning and take your breath away..
Beautiful!
It is a little weird for that person to be asking a lot of info… As for the other actions, I too am a little surprise by how aggressive people can be… wonder if emily post can give insight on etiquette of commenting
Keep blogging – you are awesome!
I agree with every word you said before the bread.
I still don't understand twitter, tried using it for a while but gave it up, thought I was the only one.
Regarding the bread… oh… so delicious looking! Yeah, certainly that rise in the fridge made the difference! They look great!
I know what you mean about the internet! I do have FB and that's just because I want to keep in touch with my friends. But I know people who gets irritated if you don't comment on their pics and would literally ask you do that
how silly is that ?! As for twitter .. i created my account about a month back and I still don't know how it works 
I just update my recent posts and at times communicate with some blogger friend 
These rolls looks so yummy and perfectly baked!
PS: no matter how much you trust someone.. do not ever send your pic to them until and unless you met them and know them well enough!
dionne is someone i got to meet too…pani popo is hers right?
these rolls look so wonderful…went and bought cake, bread, tart tins like crazy as we're leaving station and we get stuff cheap here…
in the blink of my eye you've posted so many awesome recipes roxana!! lemme reach home and i want to show you to my mum and aunt and sis who're enthusiastic bakers…till then bye!
in reply to your comment to buttermilk, beaten curd is plain curd whipped in the blender which we call buttermilk here…dunno whts shaken buttermilk.
You better follow me so I can win a prize…LOL. Why would they want your picture – very interesting indeed!
These rolls though – they turned out gorgeous. I am a sweet potato lover so I know I would gobble these up in a minute!
These are adorable! I love that you made them with sweet potato… I can only imagine the yummy taste!
Sorry about the creepy people on the net… it comes with the territory.
awesome pics! Cant believe Ive never been here before. Fantastic blog…
that looks super good…fantastic clicks with awesome presentation dear…
Tasty Appetite
Um yeah, I'd be pretty suspicious of that request for pics and info too. But the rolls look so perfect, in your usual way
Beautiful rolls…I love the twisty shape. Sweet potato rolls are so very tasty.
These are adorable and sound fantastic to try!
Well the rolls look spectacular! As for the creepy emails… That's odd… I don't share personal info like that either, and have only once so far received a weird email request that appears to be spam. Hope the creepiness stops for you!
The potato rolls are looking so cute and good, am sure it must be an absolute delight to have it with a cup of tea. Perfect anytime snack… !
I haven't had sweet potato rolls in so long and yours look delicious!
vad ca te-ai specializat pe aluaturi ! faci niste lucruri minunate ! cat despre facebook,eu n-as putea spune ca sunt fana,nici nu-l inteleg prea bine,pentru ca n-am doza necesara de exchibitionism, dar am constatat ca daca ai a te plange de cineva,persoana publica sa zic,functioneaza mult mai bine decat cu e-mailuri ,care de multe ori sunt ignorate.
Those look good…headed to Dionne's blog right now!
I love this recipe!!! I don't believe I have ever seen sweet potato rolls before, very excited to try these:-)
Take care,
Terra
there really isn't much to explain about facebook. you just sign up and add your friends and then you can keep in touch that way. plus you see in the main feed what's going on with your friends. and then you can also link your tweets to the facebook. some people also have a facebook fan page of their blog and that's a good thing to do to get more readers to your blog… i haven't done that yet though.
one thing that i'm trying to do is have this monthly linky party. the one that i do is specific for sweet rolls.
http://sweet-rolls-that-rock.blogspot.com/2011/03/sweet-rolls-o-rama-monthly-linky-party.html
i'd like to invite you to link these delicious looking sweet potato rolls to it.
it's really easy, too!
thanks, melissa
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