How is a Sweet Potato different from a Yam?

Question

Is one sweeter than the other? Are yams seasonal?.

Answer 1

Two totally different potatoes! The "sweet potatoe" is a white potatoe shaped simular to the yam however, very different in texture and taste!
The "yam" is a bronze/orange colored potatoe, very sweet , stringy texture, great for carmelization, and is commonly used in the dish refered to as "sweet potatoes"!

Answer 2

Sweet potatoes and yams are two different vegetables. The paler-skinned sweet potato has a thin, yellow skin with pale yellow flesh and is not sweet. It has a dry, crumbly texture much like the white potato. The darker-skinned variety has a thicker, dark orange to reddish skin, sweet flesh and moist texture.

Yams are generally sweeter than sweet potatoes and can grow over seven feet in length. It has a brown or black and off-white, purple or red flesh. Yams contain more natural sugar than sweet potatoes and have a higher moisture content.

Answer 3

Sweet potatoes are of 2 different types: the dry-fleshed variety and moist-fleshed variety commonly marketed as yams. Genuine yams are only grown in the tropics. The dry-fleshed sweet potato has yellow fawn-colored skin and yellow-orange pulp. The moist-fleshed yams are sweeter and more popular. The skin is orange, pale rose, or copper red; the pulp is orange to red.

Answer 4

Sweet potato is sweet in taste compare to yam.. Aweet potatoe is smaller in size while yam is usually big..Sweet potato could be harvested after more or less 4 mos.. while yam takes years to harvest. Sweet potato's colors are varried , violet , yellow and white while has only two varied colors violet and white.

Answer 5

sweet potato will be in lengthy shape. yam will have the shape of pumpkin.sweet potato will have nice skin and has sweet taste,but yam cant be eaten raw and its skin is rough

Answer 6

http://homecooking.about.com/od/howtocookvegetables/a/sweetpotatodiff.htm
Go to Google and type in sweet potato yam differences, and several sites come up, to learn more.

Answer 7

sweet potato is sweet in taste. so we can eat cooked sweet potato without chilli powder and salt. yam is not sweet and we have to put the chilli powder and salt when frying.