The Sweet Potato, a naturally sweet treat!
Si
mply prepared—mashed, baked, folded into waffles, or made into gluten-free baked fries—sweet potatoes are a nourishing addition to any meal.
Sweet potato flesh a
nd skins can come in different colors—white, yellow, orange, red, and purple.
Is it a Yam or a Sweet Potato?
You may have heard there’s a difference between sweet potatoes and yams. This is true. The difference is sweet potatoes are a root vegetable, whereas yams are tubers—a thickened part of the stem.
In some parts of our country, "yam" is a slang word for the sweet potato! This pref
erence may have stemmed from a shift when Southern farmers wanted to distinguish between their sweet potatoes and the more well-known varieties of the day. The word Yam actually
became trademarked in associated with Southern sweet potato varieties that were ora
nge, soft and sweet.
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