On 9/28/2011 7:34 PM, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
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> To make it even more confusing, there's an ugly root-looking thing called a
> purple yam which is not the same as either of those two vegetables. The
> purple yam is a pretty common dessert ingredient in the Philippines.
> According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_yam, it's called "uhi" in
> Hawaii.

I have seen this in Filipino deserts, the purple cake, the purple pie,
the purple rolls, the purple ice cream, the purple wafer rolls. The
purple is a very nice shade and quite brilliant. The Filipinos call it
Ube and so do we although, it's not that that well known outside of the
Filipino community.

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