Thanksgiving sweet potatoes/yams

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Cubed-and-sauteed (like ordinary spuds in hash-browns) with onions, or in saambaar

[Welshcookie 17]

Never had sweet potatoes until I met my hubby and love them....but the whole marshmallow Thanksgiving wotsit thing ...noooo, I don't like....sorry

Can someone tell me cos I never had a straight answer...is it a pudding or a veg side dish? I am so confused!

[JenT 0]

Never had sweet potatoes until I met my hubby and love them....but the whole marshmallow Thanksgiving wotsit thing ...noooo, I don't like....sorry

Can someone tell me cos I never had a straight answer...is it a pudding or a veg side dish? I am so confused!

It's s side dish. Like mashed potatoes, only sweeter.

[no name 1]

Never had sweet potatoes until I met my hubby and love them....but the whole marshmallow Thanksgiving wotsit thing ...noooo, I don't like....sorry

Can someone tell me cos I never had a straight answer...is it a pudding or a veg side dish? I am so confused!

you tell me! With all that sugar it seems like a dessert more than a side dish. But it is a side dish, technically!

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Never had sweet potatoes until I met my hubby and love them....but the whole marshmallow Thanksgiving wotsit thing ...noooo, I don't like....sorry

Can someone tell me cos I never had a straight answer...is it a pudding or a veg side dish? I am so confused!

Well, for Indians, sweet-potato saute and saambaar are main entrees.

I guess sweet potato pie could be considered as a pudding/dessert.

[no name 1]

Baked for me!

Are you hungry, hun?

There's a lot of side dish debating to do. Oh, and I'm bored!

I hate the sweet potato unless it's baked in it's skin. And even then, only a few times a year.

[Mary Lou 681]

Never have cared for sweet potatos.

[bora bora 1]

I like brown sugar...mmmmmm

I saw for the first time sweet potatoes with marshmallows...but didn't dare to try it - though I'm sure it's ok.

[chri'stina 190]

Cubed-and-sauteed (like ordinary spuds in hash-browns) with onions, or in saambaar

I wish we had some Indian family nearby to cook something like that! And lots of other things. I can do it and so can Sujeet but it tastes so much better when you don't cook it yourself.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Cubed-and-sauteed (like ordinary spuds in hash-browns) with onions, or in saambaar

I wish we had some Indian family nearby to cook something like that! And lots of other things. I can do it and so can Sujeet but it tastes so much better when you don't cook it yourself.

Depends somewhat on your definition of "nearby"; I have a cousin (professor of....Religious Studies) in Gainesville.

[Mags 112]

In actuality Sweet Potatoes and Yams are not the same thing. What you call Yams here in the USA are, in actual fact, JUST Sweet Potatoes.

Yam or sweet potato, what in the world is it? Many people use these terms interchangeably both in conversation and in cooking, but they are really two different vegetables.

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. The word yam comes from African words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in America in 1676.

The yam tuber has a brown or black skin which resembles the bark of a tree and off-white, purple or red flesh, depending on the variety. They are at home growing in tropical climates, primarily in South America, Africa, and the Caribbean.

Yams contain more natural sugar than sweet potatoes and have a higher moisture content. They are also marketed by their Spanish names, boniato and ñame.

Original Article

[no name 1]

In actuality Sweet Potatoes and Yams are not the same thing. What you call Yams here in the USA are, in actual fact, JUST Sweet Potatoes.

Yam or sweet potato, what in the world is it? Many people use these terms interchangeably both in conversation and in cooking, but they are really two different vegetables.

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. The word yam comes from African words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in America in 1676.

The yam tuber has a brown or black skin which resembles the bark of a tree and off-white, purple or red flesh, depending on the variety. They are at home growing in tropical climates, primarily in South America, Africa, and the Caribbean.

Yams contain more natural sugar than sweet potatoes and have a higher moisture content. They are also marketed by their Spanish names, boniato and ñame.

Original Article

I thought about that when I wrote this poll but as the article says, they are becoming more popular in America, so you can indeed find them. Esp. at the fancy stores.

Edited November 21, 2007 by devilette

[Nessa 23]

I LOVE it!! I'm totally cooking it. I'll make mashed sweet potatoes just like I'd do my mashed potatoes, no sugar.

[Mags 112]

thought about that when I wrote this poll but as the article says, they are becoming more popular in America, so you can indeed find them. Esp. at the fancy stores.

I'm sure you can, problem is that things that are labelled as "Yams" are actually Sweet potatoes, normally in a syrup something or other! Makes it hard to find REAL Yams when you do want to try them!

[Alex+R 0]

Thanks for the opportunity to say "gag me with a spoon!" To me, Thanksgiving has such gross food (cranberries, yams, my grandma's marshmallow-celery-fruit salad) it might as well be a Jewish holiday... yechh.