SWEET POTATOES & YAMS! These little sweets are in season right now! Did you know that sweet potatoes and yams are NOT the same thing! Here's some of the differences...
Sweet Potatoes:
Smooth, thick skin
Orange, white or purple flesh
Short and blocky with tapered ends
Moist and sweet
Grown in the U.S.
Edible part called root
Yams:
Rough, scaly skin
White flesh
Long and cylindrical with "toes"
Dry and starchy
Imported Edible part called tuber
Fun fact: Vardaman, Mississippi is billed as the sweet potato capital of the world and is one of the nation’s top producers of the crop!
Original source can be found here.
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