There's meal an' taters an' chickens; now go on an' dish up a good supper.
Marse Gobble 'lows to steal bacon an' taters of me now as often as he gets hungry, an' de fust ting I know he ax me for dis money; den what I gwine do?
It cheated me out o' twelve bushels of 'taters las' year," he said.
Come in to de kitchen ole marser und Miss Alice fur de lans sake und see what a snipshus dinner I has got, barbecue, taters and chicken and homily und sich lak.
Nary time hab de boss axed me how much meal I had in de gum, ur how much taters I hab in de hill; und I haint nebber had but wun little speck ob munny sense freedom cum in de lan, und den it wus Federick munny.
Wasn't you astonished to find baked taters in your lap when you woke up?
They's nothin' so 'lectable as sweet taters what is roasted in de cam'fire.
I done tuck de libbuty of bringin' some sweet taters I made dis year fer ter roas' fer you-alls dinner," and the old man pulled a bag from the wheelbarrow that held great sweet potatoes almost as big as my head.
And Jerome took Taters rather roughly by the shoulder and pulled him upon his feet and carried him along the hall through the back door toward the kitchen.
For an answer Jerome, without the least hesitation, seized Taters by the head, pulled open his jaws, and stuck his own nose into the cavity and took an audible snuff.
I have sent Taters on horseback with a led horse and a side-saddle for you.
At that moment, unseen by Jerome, but distinctly seen by Taters, a face appeared at the head of the stairs for an instant, but meeting the eye of Taters turned white as death and vanished.
Taters turned dark-gray and staggered to a chair and sat down.
Taters uttered a terrible cry and sank, ashen pale and quaking with horror, at the foot of the steps.
But Taters hadn't done eating, and did't get done until all the dishes on the kitchen table were cleared and the jug of cider emptied.
I sho' likes a good, old, fat possum cooked with sweet 'taters round him.
Den she puts on some red candles, and we has barbecue pig and roast sweet 'taters and dumplin's and pies and cake.
Taters all sprouted; an' the preserve cupboard never looked better in my day.
But, take it all together, he was so busy actin' like a crazed one that he never got his 'taters dug till 'most time for the frost.
Then we stacks sweet 'taters round him and po' the juice over the whole thing.
Dey'd leave a place to crawl in, but dey kep' it tight and dem 'taters dey kep' most all winter.
Each family have de li'l garden and raise turnips and cabbage and sweet 'taters and put dem in de kiln make from corn stalks and cure dem for winter eatin'.
Us kivered sweet 'taters with it to keep them from git freeze and hogs made beds out'n it and folks too.
I's raise on greens and pork and potlicker and 'taters and ash-cake.
They turned in to raisin' corn and 'taters and hawgs.
There was not a bite in her house beyond potatoes, and "'taters don't go good 'thout salt.
If a man run out of meal, why, he was out, and he had to live on 'taters or somethin' else.
And such a crop o' tatersas he had--no, no dressin'.
Stove bothered me a bit at first, but I can work her, and there'll be hot water and coffee for braxfast in the morning, and soup and taters for dinner.
Jest go in de barns and cribs and take anything dey want, and us niggers didn't have no sweet 'taters nor Irish 'taters to eat on when dey gone neither.
They'd cook it like they did possum, bake it with taters or make dumplings.
Then we'd boil him with red pepper, and take him out and put him in a pan and slice sweet 'taters and put round him and roast him.
Dey come and took all de meat and corn and 'taters dey want too, and dey tell us, "Why don't you poor darkeys take all de meat and molasses you want?
When the possum was all browned, and the sweet 'taters swimming in the good mellow gravy, then she call us for to eat.
We's brought some taters from hum, may we cook 'em on yer fire, Joe?
But yer not goin' to eat all these tatersat once, are yer?
May we eat our taters by your fire, please--Benny an' me?
Not so big as noo potaties at home, but 'taters they are.
There: now we'll just tie up the ends, and here we have a good bag apiece to carry the taters in.
So I don't see nought but disappointment for Parson an' a lot o' good 'taters lyin' to rot in their pies.
So you're givin' your 'taters 'way to please Parson?
Yet I do allus say as 'taters what a man grows wi' sweat of 'is own brow do beat all others in t' eatin'.
Can't Marty show his cousin over the farm and hoe the 'taters afterward?
You'll hoe them 'taters after dinner," cried his father, sharply.
Us picked out de nuts wid horse-shoe nails an' baked de taters in ashes.
My marster had a great big garden for ever'body an' I aint never seen such 'taters as growed in dat garden.
On Sundays us always had meat pie or fish or fresh game an' roasted taters an' coffee.
He raise cotton and corn and sweet 'taters and peas and cane, didn't fool with rice.
Old master had a big farm and he raised cotton and corn and 'taters and peanuts and sorghum cane and some ribbon cane.
And he raise a world of rice and 'taters and corn and peanuts, too.
Us have syrup and cornbread and lots of sweet 'taters and homecure' meat what dey salt down and hang in de smokehouse.
Mark faced round in time to see that Tatershad struck at one of the American sailors, but missed him, his cutlass coming in contact with the edge of the hatch, and the next moment there was a desperate struggle going on.
I called 'em Soup andTaters yesterday after seeing 'em at their feeding.
I'm 'fraid the Soup and Tatersis done, sir," said Tom Fillot in a low voice.
There's Soup andTaters keeping guard; shore's a mile away; light breeze sending us norrard; Joe Dance at the wheel.
In another few seconds it would be alongside, and the Americans would be on board, five against two, unless Taters made a brave defence.
Tom, and he proceeded to plant Taters on guard over the hatch, armed with a drawn cutlass, to the black's intense satisfaction.
That big fellow thought our man Taters was an enemy, and he tried to cut him down, but this poor fellow knew better, rushed between and received the blow.
He felt as if the men were smiling in derision at his aspect, especially Tom Fillot and Dance, who were grinning, while Soup and Taters displayed nearly every one of their magnificent white teeth.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "taters" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
