"Judy Haffner" >
> I'm going by what our local supermarkets have them labeled. They are
> always side by side in the produce section and the sign for yams is by a
> more reddish skinned potato, where the sweet potato is a little
> different shape and has a light tan peel on it. The flavor is altogether
> different. Maybe the stores labels are misleading, but I was taking
> their word for it?

You can't pay much mind to the signs and labels in our little grocery,
especially in the produce section. Potato's 2# $5. (In the alternative,
you could buy them for $2 per pound.) I didn't ask potato's what? There
are some things it's just better not to know. Polly