By , MarketWatch
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Normally I'm against the Thanksgiving tradition of desecrating sweet potatoes with a gooey topping of puffed sugar.
But this year about 9.3 million infants, young children and women got what may have been their first chance to enjoy this holiday culinary curiosity. And that's A-OK by me. For this Thanksgiving is the first that consumers across the country could use WIC, a national food-assistance program for low-income recipients, to buy sweet potatoes, along with lots of other fruits and vegetables.
