Good source with pics and explanation:
http://www.bonappetit.com/tipstools/...potato_and_yam
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Thread: Answer to Yam vs Sweet Potato
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09-30-2010, 09:54 PM #1
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09-30-2010, 10:15 PM #2
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09-30-2010, 11:04 PM #3
Yams are orange skinned orange fleshed
sweet tatoes are tannish/yellowish skinned and white inside .
usually the same size shape wtf ever though ...
or so I always thoughtjust lift HEAVY A$$ weights & eat on dat healthy isht . * hellabutt psychology 101 *
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10-01-2010, 03:21 AM #4
See...this is why this issue is so messed up. Some stores actually sell something called a "sweet potato" and it has a pale yellow/white inside.
So heres the simple clarification. An ACTUAL YAM will rarely be found in a supermarket. If you see Yams in the US, particularly in the north, it is a safe bet that you will be buying the yummy potato with orange inside. However, they are TECHNICALLY NOT YAMS. They are sweet potatos. BUT, I know that my market sells something called sweet potatos and something called yams. NEITHER are truly yams, the "yams" are the orange sweet potatoes, and the "sweet potatoes" are a very different kind of potato that kind of tastes like the orange kind, but has a texture like a Russet potato.
Very fking stupid tbh.
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10-01-2010, 06:13 AM #5
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10-01-2010, 06:17 AM #6
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