Yams

[y100adics]

Can I replace sweet potatoes with yams?

[StoneGRMI]

They are virtually the same thing unless you're getting real yams imported from the Caribbean or somewhere in Latin America where they have real yams. If you're getting them in a can, likely they are actually sweet potatoes in a can of light syrup. The moist, soft-textured sweet potato are often called "yams" to distinguish them from the dry-textured but they are really both sweet potatoes. Which are you eating?

[rubix6]

hmm... I always thought that they were pretty much the same thing.
I live for sweet potatoes!!!
just mix it with a little 'i can't believe it's not butter' and some splenda...
mmmmm

[adioz]

I thought I bought sweet pot. today but really got yams by mistake. Taste is different (not as sweet), buying sweet pot. next time!