Interview with Carlous: Main Street Festival and 5K plus Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

What did you do at the 5K?
We had to be at Main Street in Marvell by 7am. There were about 20 people who showed up to run a 5K [Marvell’s first 5K run!]. The 5K route was from Main Street, down the corner around the doctors, office, pharmacy, all over town. We held up signs to direct the people that were running.

Everyone was tall, sweaty and listening to mp3 players. There was one man who was running and giving everyone high fives, and he nearly knocked me over giving me a high five.

At the finish line we gave them water and Gatorade because a lot of folks were dehydrated. Mr. Neuwirth got second place in the 5K.

What is the Marvell Main Street Festival?
A lot of folks set up on Main Street on Saturday morning to barbeque, face paint... You can get bbq chicken, baby back ribs, spare ribs, koolaid pickles (I still wanna try them koolaid flavored pickles, or hot koolaid flavored pickles). Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to eat anything because I was working so hard on the bake sale.

All kinds of people were at the festival, white, black, everybody. People had a lot of fun talking, eating, enjoying Marvell.

What was the bake sale like?
It was pretty good. We sold a lot of baked goods. I made a loaf cake for the bake sale.

Carlous’s Loaf Cake Recipe
Grandma says I can’t release that recipe, just like the recipe for bbq sauce, can’t release that neither.

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Carlous's Sweet Potatoe Pie Recipe
First you need some sweet potatoes, about 20 at the most, boil ‘em until they’re mushy or the skin on them starts to wrinkle up.

Then take a strainer and strain the potatoes; strain. Be careful coz you might wanna cover your arms. Make sure your strainer is in the sink first, carefully pour the sweet potatoes into the strainer and let the water drain off of ‘em.

Then you have to get all of your ingredients – sugar, nutmeg, eggs, butter, and lil corn syrup. First thing you do is grind the nutmeg. While you’re grinding the nutmeg, take four sticks of butter and melt ‘em on medium heat in a big pot on the stove. Then peel and mash the potatoes until all the particles are broken down. I’ve seen my grandma do this and I know the recipe.

Since the butter has melted at this point, take the butter and pore it onto the potatoes. Just to get a little bit more sweetness, add a tablespoon of nutmeg and a cup of sugar - a cup and a half if you like it real sweet.

Once that’s all incorporated you add your eggs – 3 eggs. So now you have all your ingredients incorporated in it, stir it up for at least 3 minutes. So, when all that’s done, you got it mixed up. Then you take at least a 9 inch pie crust and you pour a little bit of fillin at time into each pie crust. A big batch like this, it makes at least four to five pies. Bake it for 10 to 15 minutes at 450 until crust is golden brown. Eat it for dessert.









Ms. G and students sell baked goods at the Marvell Main Street Festival!