are all purple yam ube?
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Also known as a purple yam, ube is a staple of the Filipino kitchen and is well-loved all over Asia as a dessert ingredient for its sweet and nutty flavor. With all the attention on ube comes the confusion about this elusive yam. (Yes, a true yam!) First of all, we have never seen ube available fresh in the States.
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The skin of a yam (left) looks kind of like tree bark, while a sweet potato (right) is more reddish-brown. Real yams are entirely different root vegetables that are more like yucca in texture and flavor. They have bumpy, tough brown skin (that looks almost tree trunk-like) with starchy, not sweet flesh.
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The answer is no. Stokes Purple Sweet Potatoes were not genetically modified to look purple. They are just as natural as the orange sweet potatoes that dominate our grocery stores.
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Real yams are native to the Caribbean and are difficult to find in the United States. The Garnet variety is one of the most common sweet potatoes cultivated for American markets.
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The truth is what you've been calling a yam is most likely a sweetpotato. Even more, it's possible that you've never even tasted a yam! That sweet, orange-colored root vegetable that you love so dearly is actually a sweetpotato. Yes, all so-called “yams” are in fact sweetpotatoes.
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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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Sweet potatoes and yams are completely different vegetables. ... If you prefer a sweeter, fluffier and moister texture, opt for sweet potatoes. Yams have a starchier, drier texture but might be harder to find.
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While calla lilies, also known as arum lilies, have the same showy spathe as plants in the arum family, they are not true members of the Araceae group. ... Spathes may be violet, white, yellow or brown and may even be sweetly or sharply scented.
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The soft hue feels fresh, especially for the fall/winter season, and looks good in both apparel and accessory forms. ... From pastel lilacs to deep violets and all that's in between, purple hit the fall 2019 runways in dress, coat, sweater, and even hat form.
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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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Yams grow from a regular potato size to gigantic proportions of nearly 5 feet long! ... Most likely, all yams and sweet potatoes that you use from the grocery store are sweet potatoes. Often, the copper skinned sweet potato is referred to as yam, or sweet potato yam, and these are a firmer version of sweet potatoes.
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Real yams are entirely different root vegetables that are more like yucca in texture and flavor. They have bumpy, tough brown skin (that looks almost tree trunk-like) with starchy, not sweet flesh.
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Purple sweet potatoes are root vegetables. The tubers taper to points on both ends and are members of the Ipomoea genus, just like other sweet potatoes (yams are of the genus Dioscorea). ... They're not as easy to find as regular sweet potatoes and are more of a specialty item, so they will cost a little more.
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They are now commonly found in the Caribbean and Latin America as well. 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).
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Ube = purple yam. Taro is a root that isn't actually very purple. ... As a result, when you see taro flavored desserts or drinks, you'll often see food coloring added to it that makes them look light purple. Ube is a much darker purple.
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The Japanese satsuma-imo is my absolute favorite sweet potato. It features beautiful dark-purple skin and pale yellow flesh than darkens as it cooks. These sweet potatoes are much denser than most of the orange varieties, and starchier, too.
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Ube, also known as purple yam, is a tuberous root vegetable. It varies in color between a deep purple and even white. ... Taro is also a root vegetable known as gabi in the Philippines. Taro also varies in color, commonly white but also can be slightly gray or lavender.