What you know as yams are most likely not actually yams. In fact, your “classic” potatoes, sweet potatoes, and yams are all in different plant families.

12 окт. 2023 г. · Yams and sweet potatoes are different vegetables from different plants. It's not necessarily wrong to refer to sweet potatoes as yams.

Yams and sweet potatoes are completely different, botanically speaking. A yam comes from the Dioscoreaceae family, and sweet potatoes come from the ...

20 сент. 2022 г. · “Most of the so-called yams you see in American grocery stores are actually orange-fleshed sweet potatoes,” explains Mary-Frances Heck, a former BA staffer and ...

A yam is a tuber. A sweet potato is a root. Yams tend to be more cylindrical and have scaly, bark-like skin. Sweet potatoes tend to have a more tapered shape ...

27 окт. 2021 г. · No, yams and sweet potatoes are not the same. Yams have rough, dark brown skin that is often compared to tree bark, and their flesh is dry and ...

13 окт. 2024 г. · A true yam is much starchier than a sweet potato, with a milder sweetness that becomes only slightly more pronounced when the root is cooked.

Are yams sweet potatoes? No! What's the difference between a yam and a sweet potato? Here's what you need to know to finally put this topic to rest.

14 нояб. 2024 г. · Yams aren't as sweet as sweet potatoes, and they are starchier and drier. Their texture and flavor are more similar to potatoes or yuca. They ...