Ensure that they are clean and place into a fermentation bin. Crush with your clean hands or a sterilized stainless steel/plastic potato masher.

确保它们干净，将它们放进发酵箱里。用你干净的双手或是不锈钢/塑料的捣土豆器弄碎它们。

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She noticed that if she dipped a sand-covered sweet potato in the water, she could clean it much faster.

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