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thenewgreen  ·  3546 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Yams versus sweet potatoes

Saturday night we had dinner at a Korean restaurant. One of the items we had were "Korean sweet potato fries." They were white in color and sweet tasting.

My guess is that most of the "sweet potato fries" and chain restaurants are really Yams, right? They're always bright orange. That, or perhaps it's just good coloring.





sourcil  ·  3546 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No they aren't yams. Sweet potatoes come in a bunch of colours.

The article describes that nothing (or very rarely) in North America will you actually find a yam. Sweet potatoes just look like yams from Western Africa and slaves started calling them that and the name has stuck.

thenewgreen  ·  3546 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I apologize that I read the article after commenting. I saw that I have most likely never eaten a "Yam." -Now I must.