We can also bake tubers like sweet potatoes to enhance their flavor. Basically, baking dehydrates fruits and vegetables, so whatever flavor they have gets enhanced (an eggplant will taste more like an eggplant, an onion will taste more like an onion, and so on). In this video, Tami from Nutmeg Notebook shares her fascination with "Japanese sweet potatoes". In the video below, she says "... (after roasting), they are like candy, oh my!" See the video at this offset (watch for 20 seconds), then this offset (watch for 40 seconds) and finally, this offset (watch for 30 seconds).