Comments on: Adventures in eating: yams http://jenjordi.org/post/2008/10/30/adventures-in-eating-yams/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jen http://jenjordi.org/post/2008/10/30/adventures-in-eating-yams/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Jen Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:24:31 +0000 http://jenjordi.org/?p=318#comment-329 Huh... good to know. So she had sweet potatos as I intended! excellent Huh… good to know. So she had sweet potatos as I intended! excellent

]]> By: Marcus http://jenjordi.org/post/2008/10/30/adventures-in-eating-yams/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Marcus Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:00:08 +0000 http://jenjordi.org/?p=318#comment-328 Fun fact: "Yams and Sweet Potatoes are terms used interchangeably in the United States, but Yams in America are actually Sweet Potatoes that have a moist texture and an orange flesh. The US Department of Agriculture now requires that the label, 'Yam', always be accompanied by 'Sweet Potato.'" (for more info, go here: http://tonytantillo.com/vegetables/sweetpotatoes.html). But, basically, what that boils down to is that you gave Josie a Yam-branded Sweet Potato. The more you know . . . Fun fact: “Yams and Sweet Potatoes are terms used interchangeably in the United States, but Yams in America are actually Sweet Potatoes that have a moist texture and an orange flesh. The US Department of Agriculture now requires that the label, ‘Yam’, always be accompanied by ‘Sweet Potato.’” (for more info, go here: http://tonytantillo.com/vegetables/sweetpotatoes.html).

But, basically, what that boils down to is that you gave Josie a Yam-branded Sweet Potato. The more you know . . .

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