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Default Sweet Potatoes less dense than Yams?

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?
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> 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?


Sounds like they were old? How did they turn out?
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On Oct 20, 10:48*am, Omelet > wrote:
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> *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?

>
> Sounds like they were old? How did they turn out?
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> "He who has the gold makes the rules"
> --Om
>
> "He who has the guns can get the gold."
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The sweet potatoes were old, huh.... hmmm..... They seem fine. They
were "Dole" sweet potatoes purchased at BJ's Wholesale club.

I was skeptical. They seemed nice and fresh when I cut them up to
cook. After they were cooked, some did have darker spots of orange,
perhaps "old" or "bad" spots. Cut those out. Other than that, they are
dlish. Added milk and brown sugar as usual, seem fine to me.

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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.




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On Oct 20, 12:31*pm, "Default User" > wrote:
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> > 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.
>
> Brian
>
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No, the packaging says sweet potatoes. And I do buy yams.


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> 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.
>>
>> Brian
>>
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>> won't shut up.
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>
> No, the packaging says sweet potatoes. And I do buy yams.


Are you sure? My mother made "candied yams" but they were sweet potatoes.

http://homecooking.about.com/od/howt...potatodiff.htm

Not to be a pest - but A LOT of people think yams are the same as sweet
potatoes but they are not. *Real* yams are totally different vegetable.

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> 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.




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>,
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?


Not to answer your question, but you didn't say where you were posting
from. If from the US, yams don't grow here and are thus fairly rare.
There are different types of sweet potatoes, and sometimes certain
varieties are called "yams", even though they aren't.

Here's a cite:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-23-a.html

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On Oct 20, 6:29*pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
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> >,
> *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?

>
> Not to answer your question, but you didn't say where you were posting
> from. *If from the US, yams don't grow here and are thus fairly rare. *
> There are different types of sweet potatoes, and sometimes certain
> varieties are called "yams", even though they aren't.
>
> Here's a cite:
>
> http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-23-a.html
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA
>



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