Comments on: Sweet Potato vs. Yam. Blame it on Louisiana.

By: Joel Hoffman

Joel Hoffman — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:46:18 +0000

A very purple tuber from Uwajimaya was probably an actual yam, not a sweet potato: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea_alata

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:49:49 +0000

THANK YOU! I work for a small local farm that buys some produce we can’t grow. We are in Ohio and 99% of what we sell comes from farms within the state.
I don’t label the produce so when the redish potatoes were marked ‘yams’ I went with it. I was in the group that wrongly believed that the names were interchangeable. One of my customers scolded me today because I made a comment aligned with by belief.
I came home and researched the subject. Both of us were wrong, but her attitude toward my supposed incompetence was not needed. It’s good to know the truth, I can be confident I am speaking correctly when she comes back! ;)

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:35:20 +0000

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By: Joanne Rigutto

Joanne Rigutto — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:50:56 +0000

I love sweet potatoes! Baked, steamed, deep fried, they’re all good! The ones I like for making sweet potato french fries are the lighter colored ones. They seem to be lower in sugar and don’t carmelize as easily. My mom used to take the red ones, peel, slice as for french fries, then bake in the oven at 325 with olive oil drizzled over them until soft. 10-15 minutes before they were done, she’d sprinkle parmesan cheese over them and toss.

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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:06:00 +0000

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By: Cristin

Cristin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:03:31 +0000

TK – sweet potatoes and nasty, are three words I’d never thought I’d see together. Really?

T – I hate myself for not going to Uwajimay before we moved. Purple sweet potatoes?? There goes my sweet potato theory.

J- All veggies and no turkey? Kids? That seems like some sort of parallel universe or something…. Looking forward to catching up with you!

By: Joyce

Joyce — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:53:28 +0000

I was pondering this question yesterday as my mom and I braved the Giant Eagle produce aisle the day before Thanksgiving. Thank you for clearing up the confusion. My nieces and nephew ate every veggie on the Thanksgiving table(squash, green beans, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, etc.) but refused to eat any turkey. Ha! Happy Thanksgiving Cristin and Couz! Let’s get together soon!

By: traci

traci — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:34:41 +0000

Best sweet potatoes I’ve ever had were picked up at uwajimaya – okinawan sweet potatoes. Deep purple thru & thru, and were even better with miso butter!

By: Terry Kearns

Terry Kearns — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:25:28 +0000

Dan is cooking some for our TG dinner, with Georgia marshmallows. Sweet potatoes, yams, I’m still not eating those nasty things.