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Potatoes and Yams are quite different from one another. While both are edible tubers, they are markedly different in texture, flavour and cooking times. To confuse the subject further, the word yam is used to refer quite different families of tubers. In most of the world, Yam is the common name for group of tubers native to Africa and Asia. In the southern parts of the United States the word is used to refer to a group of tubers native to South America - which are called sweet potatoes elsewhere.
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Can you substitute yam for sweet potato in a recipe?
I believe the names are used interchangeably. Yes, they are the same thing. in America sweet potato is called yam. the Indian yam is not the same as sweet potato... sweet potato is long pink in colour and yam is also called the elephant yam is pretty big compared to sweet potato and round in shape.
Is a sweet potato and a yam the same?
No, a yam is similar to a sweet potato and a perogi is Ukranian or Polish food item like a dumpling or ravioli
Is a sweet potato a potato or carrot?
Its a yam
What starting with y is a sweet potato commonly known as?
Yam
Is a yam a fruit?
Yam is a vegetable. It is a other name for sweet potato.
What is a potato like root called?
yam, sweet potato
What is a sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked?
Three letters , very yummy , much like a sweet potato but is called something different it a ..... YAM! YAM!
Are yam and potato stems of a plant?
Yes
What beginning with Y is a sweet potato commonly known as?
Definitely not, because potatoes are modified stems and sweet potaoes develop from roots. Both plants belong to differen plant familes. Potato belongs to Solanaceae and sweet potato to the family Convolvulaceae.
What is an air potato?
An air potato is a species of yam, Latin name Dioscorea bulbifera.
Can dog eat yam or sweet potato?
Sure can.
What are the names of tubers plant?
Yam Potato Manioc
