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Yam, jam and sweet potatoes are three different things. See for example: http://homecooking.about.com/od/howtocookvegetables/a/sweetpotatodiff.htm http://homeco
by hrjet 12y ago
Yam, jam and sweet potatoes are three different things. See for example: http://homecooking.about.com/od/howtocookvegetables/a/sweetpotatodiff.htm http://homecooking.about.com/od/howtocookvegetables/a/sweetp...
- aidenn0 12y agoIn most parts of the US a sweet potato with soft orange insides is correctly called a "Yam" to differentiate it from the sweet potatoes with firm yellow insides. Either name isn't great; it's neither closely related to the african yam, nor the common potato.