https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 06:05:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1956257 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:27:33 +0000 cait 1956257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: You're blowing my mind! I've never seen a sweet potato that looks like that!? I have some labeled as sweet potatoes in my kitchen but they're orange! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1956241 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:56:11 +0000 Synchronicity 1956241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@krispi: Same here! In Ontario. I've never seen white sweet potatoes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1956223 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:14:49 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1956223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never had a true yam. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1956155 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 14:51:13 +0000 simplyfelicity 1956155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does this help? I think we tend to use the words sweet potatoes and yams interchangeably for different varieties. </p> [attach=4953/14/nfghtd.500x333.efUTG7FSRm7oZjK0Jv0bTYdNQut4w5FL8_rxRYwur5gfrA-w500-h333-nc.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1956106 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 13:25:57 +0000 Mama Bird 1956106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting! I always thought the orange ones really are yams, and never even knew there are other sweet potatoes... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1956103 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 13:19:53 +0000 krispi 1956103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting. I've never seen the white colored sweet potatoes, only the orange ones. And we call them sweet potatoes and eat baked sweet potatoes, sweet potato casserole, etc. I'm in the south, so I wonder if this is a regional thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1955216 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:24:10 +0000 BSB 1955216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think yams are more orange in color and sweet potatoes are more yellow. I have no idea the taste difference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1955174 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:06:15 +0000 regberadaisy 1955174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: haha I love kitchn! I also love "true" Yams! I grew up eating them @PurplePeony: . Super common in Chinese food so they're every where in Chinatown. I love them in hot pot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1955166 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:04:05 +0000 regberadaisy 1955166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePeony: Japanese sweet potatoes are purple and they are my favorite! They're way more starchy starchy and mushy than the Yams in our grocery store. The Yams are also also extreme hard raw whereas the Japanese sweet potatoes aren't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1955161 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:03:05 +0000 blackbird 1955161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-between-yams-and-sweet-potatoes-word-of-mouth-211176" rel="nofollow">http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-between-yams-and-sweet-potatoes-word-of-mouth-211176</a></p> <p>I was wondering this earlier because my mom makes "candied yams" but they always tastes like sweet potatoes to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1955160 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:02:20 +0000 PurplePeony 1955160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>True yams are extremely hard to find. Almost everything you see in a grocery store is a sweet potato of some variety. In my experience, people tend to call the white ones sweet potatoes and the yellow-orange ones yams, but the only real difference between them is color. I recently had some purple sweet potatoes that were awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1955158 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:02:00 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1955158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't notice a difference in taste, but then again we usually only have sweet potatoes around here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sweet-potatoes-vs-yams#post-1955151 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:58:46 +0000 regberadaisy 1955151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is there a difference in taste? I think sweet potatoes are way smaller, right? I don't think I regularly see sweet potatoes in our supermarkets, just Yams. </p> <p>It's usually interchangeable for me in recipes. </p>