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Article: Hey, Sweetie: When a sweet potato is not a yam - and how to cook the real thing
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 5, 2003
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SEATTLE - At Whole Foods in Seattle, hills of sweet potatoes with
gemstone names rise above a produce aisle. But if it's a yam you're
seeking for the ubiquitous holiday classic, candied yams, you won't
find it here.
Mark Janicke, produce buyer for the store, says that, in many
supermarkets, what is labeled as a 'yam' is, in fact, a variety of
sweet potato named Garnet.
"We don't see true yams often in this part of the country," he
said. Occasionally, they make an appearance in Latin American or
African markets, where yams are an important item in the culinary
culture.
They are much larger than the sweet potato, thicker-skinned and
not nearly as sugary. Instead of the creamy-soft interior of ...