I say yes, hubby sez no. What say you?
2007-11-22 02:11:05 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Yes they are.
Ask hubby what it feels like to be wrong.
2007-11-22 02:14:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, yams and sweet potatoes are unrelated vegetables, though in both cases you're eating the root of a tropical vine. Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are an American plant of the morning glory family, whereas yams are of the genus Dioscorea. Yams, which are rarely seen in the U.S. and Canada but are a staple in tropical regions, can grow up to seven feet in length. The name is thought to derive from the West African word nyami, "to eat."
2007-11-22 10:19:04 · answer #2 · answered by nytebreid 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No,sweet potatoes are called yams in parts of the United States especially in the southern and western portions of the country,but they are not true yams.
2007-11-22 10:21:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No - they are from different families and grown in different places around the world. Any doubt? Check out the price -- around the holidays, yams are like five times more expensive than sweet potatoes (or did I get that backwards?)
2007-11-22 11:22:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I yam what I yam....yes I yam the same, Sweet Potato!
2007-11-23 06:51:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes but i prefer candied yams! Yum!
Happy Thanksgiving!
2007-11-22 10:16:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. all i know is that
1) I threw up sweet potatoes when I was little
2) I am getting 2 points for answering.
2007-11-22 10:16:41 · answer #7 · answered by Katt 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, Yams are usually what we call them after they've been candied... but they are the same vegetable, yes.
2007-11-22 10:15:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Basically, yes, they just have different names. :]
Yams are candied sweet potatoes.
2007-11-22 10:15:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Anyone who has a garden can tell you.. yes they are basically the same... as far as taste and what you have to go through to grow them... I am not a professional however...
potato, patoto, or as my grandson wrote on the grocery list... PoTots.... lol ya gotta love it... I've had that list for a year now... and will keep it forever!
2007-11-22 10:30:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋