Loaded Sweet Potato Skins with Savory Italian Sausage

"In case you aren't familiar with the term, Friendsgiving is a Thanksgiving held with friends. We usually do a separate friend gathering along with the usual family stuff. It's the perfect opportunity to try out a daring twist on an old recipe favorite, because your friends love your inventive ideas, whereas family can be a little stubborn. Grams tends to be more of a traditionalist. She does NOT serve loaded sweet potato skins. No! She serves sweet potato casserole with the little marshmallows on top and twice-baked potatoes every single year, and you shall not bastardize her recipe unless you want to bring World War III down into your mama's home with all seven second cousins there to witness it. Which is precisely why we have Friendsgiving."