I saw this potato it said it was a white sweet potato what the heck is that
2007-11-29 11:57:50 · 4 answers · asked by Andreu 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
The first young lady is right it is a Caribbean variety of the Yam family, I am a former chef and work in Jamaica and it is used for both savoury and sweet dishes.
In savoury it used like a regular potato, in stews, a traditional "Rundown" which is a fish stew made with coconut mlik and other root veg, they are boiled and served like white potatos in the US and Canada also.
In sweet things like Sweet Potato pone a pudding like cake made with them molasses and spices, mash into a pudding with cassava, like tapioca but thicker and denser, fried and sprinkled with sugar and cinnimon, grated and used in Jamaican Christmas cake and a fritter with mashed bananas.
They resemble a north american yam/sweet potato in shape, but the skin is more reddish then orange and the flesh is white and sticky.
2007-11-29 12:22:09 · answer #1 · answered by The Unknown Chef 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't know what the real name is , but I ate it last year in Jamaica. It takes like mashed potatoes with a little sugar in it. They were good, just different
2007-11-29 12:05:01 · answer #2 · answered by pippi_jami 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I went to Jamaica and they had this food they called "yams" and it was kind of like a potato but it had kind of a "waxy" texture. I liked it.
2007-11-29 17:08:14 · answer #3 · answered by majnun99 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i could say that the two have their applications, i like the two varieties roasted with my Sunday dinner, and the candy one's make amazing crisps, and that they are large in stews/casseroles. I actual like them the two the two.
2016-10-18 09:05:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋