A good baked sweet potato smothered in butter is one of my favorite dishes. I like them candied also with a little cinnamon sprinkled on. They are far better than school lunchroom quality yams . . . yuck. I don’t like those either!!!
I love sweet potatoes. I can no longer grow them as they take a lot of room. These days my garden is not so big.
The leaves are also edible and delicious. IIRC I would sometimes feed the leaves to my pigs.