[lbo-talk] ...a yam thing?

[tfast]

If you bake your yams their natural sugars caramelize and are quite tasty.
The candied yams are a once in year deal so don't get all repressed about
the sugar.
____________________________________
Travis W Fast

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jordan Hayes" <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] ...a yam thing?


> > One problem with this would be the indefiniteness of "two yams"
> > (sweet
> > potatoes), since sweet potatoes vary so much in size.
>
> Everything I've always read about yams starts with the point that most
> people in the US confuse sweet potatoes and yams and that most US'ers
> probably have never had a real yam, despite the fact that Del Monte et
> al tend to label canned sweet potatoes as yams.
>
> So: my suggestion to Joanna is find a real yam and cook it any old way,
> and some sweet potatoes too, just to see the difference and report
> back.  Berkeley Bowl will likely have some.  For me, I prefer sweet
> potatoes to yams.
>
> /jordan
>
> ___________________________________
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk