Unlike sweet potatoes, most yams are starchy and not very sweet—if anything they taste more like potatoes or yuca (also know as cassava or manioc) than sweet potatoes. They have a more cylindrical shape with rough, scaly skin that's brown and almost tree-bark-like in appearance.
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True yams have rougher skin that’s typically brown, almost tree bark-like. Sweet potatoes have a thinner skin that’s reddish-brown, although it can vary. Yams have a starchier texture and sweet potatoes have a softer texture when cooked.
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Sweet potatoes and yams are both tuber vegetables, but they're actually quite different. This article explains the key differences between sweet potatoes and yams.
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Shaun Harrison asked us where the phrase"Yam Yam" came from"referring to people from the Black Country". The Urban Dictionary website said it derived from the Black Country dialect for"you...
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This list includes jollof yam, a yam stew made by combining boiled yams with shrimp, fish, and vegetables, and Jamaican yellow yam stew, a delectable porridge made with coconut milk, vegetables...
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What you've been calling a yam is most likely a sweet potato. Even though cooks use the words yams and sweet potatoes interchangeably, they're not the same plant at all. Actually, you're unlikely to find a true yam at a grocery store, farmers' market, or restaurant in this country.
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Yam yam is a disparaging term that people from Birmingham commonly use to describe people from the Black Country. Verdict: Brummie. Unlike many of the other words on the list, people from the ...
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A yam is the extremely starchy tuber at the base of winding, bright-green herbaceous vines. While sweet potatoes generally don’t grow much longer or thicker than a baby’s forearm, yams can grow to be more than six feet long, and on rare occasions weigh in at over 150 pounds.
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Delicious, nutritious yam is revered by Nigerians worldwide in festivals and cultural rites. But its legacy is evolving; today's Nigerian chefs are cooking it in brand new ways. Across Nigeria...
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