2006-11-19 12:15:33 · 10 answers · asked by henry b 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Sweet Potatoes
Popular in the American South, these yellow or orange tubers are elongated with ends that taper to a point and are of two dominant types. The paler-skinned sweet potato has a thin, light yellow skin with pale yellow flesh which is not sweet and has a dry, crumbly texture similar to a white baking potato. The darker-skinned variety (which is most often called "yam" in error) has a thicker, dark orange to reddish skin with a vivid orange, sweet flesh and a moist texture.
Current popular sweet potato varieties include Goldrush, Georgia Red, Centennial, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, and Velvet.
Yams
The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not even distantly related to the sweet potato.
Slowly becoming more common in US markets, the yam is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150 varieties available worldwide.
Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato, this tuber can grow over seven feet in length.
2006-11-19 12:18:16 · answer #1 · answered by Walking on Sunshine 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Although the sweet potatoes are sometimes called "yams" in the United States, they are even more distantly related to the true yam. In the United States, sweet potatoes are often referred to as "yams". Sweet potatoes labeled (incorrectly, according to some) as "yams" are widely available in U.S. grocery stores. True yams are mostly only found in specialty markets such as those that serve Asian or Caribbean communities.
2006-11-20 05:06:52 · answer #2 · answered by jazzychick285 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sweet potato is found in tropical America and is a part of the Morning Glory family.
The yam is a tuber (a bulb) of a tropical vine found in Central & South America, as well as the West Indies, Africa and Asia.
2006-11-19 12:20:50 · answer #3 · answered by Smurfetta 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"What's the difference between yams and sweet potatoes? Yams are more moist and orange colored - they're also sweeter than the sweet potatoes."
2006-11-19 12:18:58 · answer #4 · answered by JubJub 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a yam is a light orange color and a sweet potatoe has a redish and white color skin and is white inside
2006-11-19 12:18:01 · answer #5 · answered by L@M 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
About 8 letters, D i c kweed.
2006-11-19 22:51:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you are going to get a lot of answers on this but there is really no difference its just another name for a potatoe
2006-11-19 12:18:06 · answer #7 · answered by roy40372 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
there is no difference its the same thing
2006-11-19 12:17:45 · answer #8 · answered by TYRA 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
the way they are spelled. other than that there the same
2006-11-19 12:17:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
none
2006-11-19 14:06:20 · answer #10 · answered by david d 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋