In honor of the day — The difference between a yam and sweet potato can be found here:

http://www.sallys-place.com/food/columns/ferray_fiszer/yams.htm

Yams and sweet potatoes are two different plants from two different parts of the world but most of the yams we get here in the grocery store are really sweet potatoes. I wonder how we would be able to tell the difference. Sweet potatoes are a “Southern Thing” and a big deal in Louisiana. It’s nice that the article mentions this fact.

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