No. They are two different types of root vegetable. Sweet potatoes are sweeter and a darker color than yams.
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Sweet Potatoes,Yams,Corn,Peanut,Cassava,Beans,Potatoes,Herbs,etc.
Some of the best vegetables to use for grilling are: asparagus squash zucchini onions tomatoes cabbage carrots eggplant potatoes corn sweet peppers mushrooms
Many different types of food cook great in a crock pot. Beef roasts and ham cook juicy and tender. Vegetables , such as carrots, potatoes and sweet potatoes, also cook well.
Potatoes are a root vegetable. They are a starchy vegetable. I'm guessing that your question is diet related. So, in a balanced meal, you would not have a starchy vegetable AND a grain, you would have one or the other. Potatoes are good for you. Their skin has a decent amount of fiber. Starch is not a bad word. Enjoy.
then maybe you would have this mysterious kind of potato that you should not eat. because if you dont know what something is, you shouldn't eat it. not when someone is trying to feed it to you though.
The Cherokee ate maize, berries, nuts, corns, sweet potatoes, beans, and squash
Beef, chicken, pork, lots of vegetables including potatoes, cabbage, beets and onions.
Potatoes can be baked or mashed. Also yams or sweet potatoes. Also pumpkins. I suppose you could mash your turkey if you really wanted to ...
they ate mainly bread and potatoes but also vegetables because they were home grown
Virginia's economy was built mainly for farming (tabacco, penuts, corn, sweet potatoes, poultry, ham).