Re: [pic] Yam

In article <t2....@youyou.net.nospam>, Robert
Kersbergen <rob...@youyou.net.nospam> wrote:
> 
> Hi Andreas Freise,
> Excuse my ignorance, but what is a yam? I thought it was a potatoe,
> but I can't see one in this picture.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert

This is an excerpt from the Epicurious dictionary at:
http://www.epicurious.com/db/dictionary/terms/indexes/dictionary.html

..........................BEGINQUOTE
:
: YAM This thick, tropical-vine tuber is popular in South and Central
: America, the West Indies and parts of Asia and Africa. Although SWEET
: POTATOES and yams are similar in many ways and therefore often
confused
: with one another, they are from different plant species. In the
southern
: United States, sweet potatoes are often called yams and to add to the
: confusion, canned sweet potatoes are frequently labeled yams. True
: yams, however, are not widely marketed and are seldom grown in the
: United States. Though they can be similar in size and shape to sweet
: potatoes, yams contain more natural sugar and have a higher moisture
    [snip]
: Yams may be substituted for sweet potatoes in most recipes.
:
:..........................ENDQUOTE

and here is Andreas' beautiful picture of yams:
                                                                     
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