Yams

[Facecrash]

I bought a giant can of yams in light syrup. Lasts me about 5 days. Are these ok to eat? How are they different from whole sweet potatos.

thx in advance

[biglouie250]

yams and sweet potatos are 2 different veggies bro. not a lot of people know that but its true, they are actually very different.

syrup = no good.

there is no substitute for fresh veggies man. it only takes 5 minutes in the microwave(dont forget to put holes in it or it will explode lol)

[Mizfit]

i dont like yams, but i like sweet patatoes..

i know taste isint that much different

[Facecrash]

rly? wow. ok thanks I'll stick to the fresh.

[biglouie250]

yea check this out....
http://homecooking.about.com/library...y/aa112497.htm

i had to learn the hard way myself when i was supposed to be cooking a sweet potatoe pie for thanksgiving. i made yam pie instead thinking they were the same till someone told me they werent, had to add about a lb of brown sugar for it to taste good lol.

[StoneGRMI]

I had no idea yams and sweet potatos were different... maybe because all I've ever had is sweet potatos and I just thought yams were a way of preparing them. Learn something new everyday here at AR!

edit: sugar free syrup on a baked sweet potato is the shiznit

[zimmy]

hmm...thinking bout making a sweet potato pie for work tomorrow now... or maybe candied yams mmmmmmmmmm

[Venum]

i thought yams were the veggie name, and sweet potatos are what they are called after adding brown sugar, syrup, all that..i've seen marshmallow in them too! haha now that is a sweet potato!

[SwoleCat]

Yams in syrup = may as well eat sweet potato pie.

~SC~