Amateur Cook wrote:

> On Oct 20, 12:31*pm, "Default User" > wrote:
> > Amateur Cook wrote:
> > > Apparently. Last time I cooked yams, when I dropped them in water
> > > to boil they sunk to the bottom.
> >
> > > I cooked sweet potatoes for the first time last night and they
> > > floated on top.
> >
> > > Anyone know what would make the yams more dense?
> >
> > Chances are, what you are calling "yams" ARE sweet potatoes.

> No, the packaging says sweet potatoes. And I do buy yams.

You probably don't. What are called "yams" are usually not. They are a
type of orange-fleshed sweet poatato.

Yams are large, starchy tuber primarily grown in Africa.




Brian

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