For this holiday, I present to you…
The Difference Between Yams and Sweet Potatoes!*
In short, yams and sweet potatoes belong to different plant families. Compared to sweet potatoes, yams are starchier and drier. Sweet potatoes are divided into the “firm” and “soft” varieties. The confusion arises when “soft” sweet potatoes are labeled as yams.
If you are in North America, chances are you are eating sweet potatoes (even if they were labeled as “yams” in grocery stores).
Today, I plan to stuff myself full of traditional goodies such as turkey meat, mashed potatoes and gravy, baked sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie.
Tomorrow, I’m heading out to the stores to pick up Christmas cards. Unlike Black Friday shoppers who line up for deals in the middle of the night, I will be hitting the stores at a very reasonable hour.
*I’ve always wondered about this. Now I know. And you do too!
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wow – thanks for sharing!! I also wondered what the difference was.
Thats what I love about the internet, you'll never know what you'll discover.
Thank you for sharing. Try frying sweet potatoes they taste good too.
I tweeted that to you! Yea Twitter-verse! It's quite confusing, but cool!
haha! We had this very debate on Thanksgiving day! I will forward to my peeps..thank you!