"It's different from others' versions."
Sweet potatoes have only been introduced here recently, and people here have a simplistic way of eating them; sometimes they would just slice them up and sundry them into dried sweet potatoes.
The taste of the dried sweet potatoes made this way is only mediocre, falling significantly short of the dried sweet potatoes sold in later eras.
"Your family has planted ten acres of sweet potatoes this year, and it won't all be for your own consumption. You can turn them into dried sweet potatoes to sell. The method is quite straightforward: just let the dried sweet potatoes sit for a while, wash them, steam them in the pot until they're cooked, and then dry them out."
"It just adds one more step: steaming them in the pot."
"Sounds simple enough. So, should I say that this is my idea?" Tong Sanlang said.