2006-10-03 07:47:43 · 15 answers · asked by Helen L 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Several decades ago, when orange-fleshed sweet potatoes were introduced in the southern United States, producers and shippers desired to distinguish them from the more traditional, white-fleshed types. The African word nyami, referring to the starchy, edible root of the Dioscorea genus of plants, was adopted in its English form, yam. Yams in the U.S. are actually sweetpotatoes with relatively moist texture and orange flesh. Although the terms are generally used interchangeably, the U.S. Department of Agriculture requires that the label "yam" always be accompanied by "sweetpotato." The following information outlines several differences between sweetpotatoes and yams.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-23-a.html
2006-10-03 07:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by Zim 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was surprised at the answers so far--there is a lot of difference between the taste of a yam and a sweet potato. Try the dark kidney colored Garnet YAM which is so much sweeter than the other so called sweet potatoes. I always buy the Garnet yams that are so sweet you don't need much else to flavor them but a small amount of butter. A little brown sugar is optional.
2006-10-03 12:02:50 · answer #2 · answered by Sunnidaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a yam is another word for sweet potatos
2006-10-03 07:54:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sweet potato. Potato. tuber. Yam. tuber. Molecular ... bonding beween the phenolic material and proteins.
2006-10-03 08:22:37 · answer #4 · answered by BAZ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only difference is what part of the country your coming from. They are the same vegetable, just called different names depending on where your from.
2006-10-03 07:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by Texanborn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're starchy, yet they have extra foodstuff than white starches. So that's like eating carrots, you do not favor an open ended volume of them Oh and starch i jut one step faraway from sugar. The minute it hits your saliva, that's sugar. attempt some thing like bulgar wheat, intense fiber and fills you up.
2016-12-04 04:22:37 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the same thing i think. Yam is just an African term.
2006-10-03 11:34:26 · answer #7 · answered by angelstar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. Sweet potatoes have a different taste...
2006-10-03 07:49:33 · answer #8 · answered by I think... 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they are just a different name for the same thing.
Kinda like rutabaga & turnip...
2006-10-03 07:52:20 · answer #9 · answered by BettyBoop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no difference just the region
2006-10-03 07:54:53 · answer #10 · answered by non-curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋