are yams also called sweet potatoes?
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That sweet, orange-colored root vegetable that you love so dearly is actually a sweetpotato. Yes, all so-called “yams” are in fact sweetpotatoes. Most people think that long, red-skinned sweetpotatoes are yams, but they really are just one of many varieties of sweetpotatoes.
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While labeled yams, they are actually sweet potatoes and are even more common than the standard white-fleshed sweet potato. ... Japanese Sweet Potatoes – With a deep purple skin and a white interior, these potatoes are super sweet. Yams – Most of us have probably never even eaten a real yam.
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Dioscorea alata, also known as purple yam, ube, or greater yam, among many other names, is a species of yam (a tuber). The tubers are usually a vivid violet-purple to bright lavender in color (hence the common name), but some range in color from cream to plain white.
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Interesting to note - yams, while looking and tasting very similar to sweet potatoes, aren't actually related to them at all, instead being part of the lily family, but are also safe to feed to your chickens.
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Yams are more difficult to grow and take much longer to be ready for harvest. They have rough skin, which is more difficult to peel than the skin of sweet potatoes. Yams are a vigorous herbaceous vine that will climb on anything – some vines grow up to 8 inches in a day!
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Meet Yacon, the Unsung Sweet Potato. ... An ancient staple in South America's Andes Mountains, yacon is a sweet potato-like root vegetable that tastes like an apple. It's primarily composed of fructooligosaccharides (FOS), a tongue-twisting term for a natural sugar that tastes sweet but is indigestible.
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Jewel & Garnet Yams – These have brownish-orange skins and bright orange interiors. While labeled yams, they are actually sweet potatoes and are even more common than the standard white-fleshed sweet potato. ... They are a bit drier, starchier, and less sweet than their orange relatives.
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Here is the flesh of the sweet potatoes. Both Ochen and I thought that the Jewel “yam” was the sweetest, then the Garnet “yam”, the Camote and finally the sweet potato was the least sweet of the bunch. So now I always buy Jewel “yams” and skip the Garnets.
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Yes, all so-called “yams” are in fact sweetpotatoes. Most people think that long, red-skinned sweetpotatoes are yams, but they really are just one of many varieties of sweetpotatoes.
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So even those Jewel & Garnet Yams are actually sweet potatoes. ... Jewel & Garnet Yams – These have brownish-orange skins and bright orange interiors. While labeled yams, they are actually sweet potatoes and are even more common than the standard white-fleshed sweet potato.
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Over 600 varieties of yams are known, and 95% of these are still grown in Africa. Compared to sweet potatoes, yams can grow very large. Size can vary from that of a small potato to up to 5 feet (1.5 meters). Not to mention, they can weigh up to an impressive 132 pounds (60 kgs) ( 2 ).
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Though you're not likely to find true yams at your grocery store, yams and sweet potatoes are interchangeable in most recipes.
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In fact, these tasty starchy veggies are actually in two different plant families entirely! Yams are members of the genus Dioscorea and are in their own special family, Dioscoreaceae. ... Sweet potatoes, on the other hand, come from the species Ipomoea batatas, in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.
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Like white potatoes, sweet potatoes have a high amount of starch — an abundant carbohydrate found in all kinds of plants — compared to other vegetables, which means that a portion of sweet potatoes has about triple the calories of a similar volume of carrots or other vegetable.
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A monocot related to lilies and grasses, yams are vigorous herbaceous vines providing an edible tuber. They are native to Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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Yams originated in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Africans call yams “nyami,” which is where we get the word “yam.” They are cylindrical and vary in size.
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Unlike russet potatoes, sweet potatoes (especially garnet yams) do not turn brown or lose texture on exposure to air. If you're going to be holding them for a couple days, then drop them in cold water and refrigerate it.