Sweet Potatoes

One potato, two potato, three potato, four. There’s many kinds of taters but the sweet potatoes, I adore. And they’re good for you too! lol

Colors?

Now correct me if I’m wrong here but…… do you sometimes feel like you’re losing your mind? You go to the market and you see sweet potatoes and yams. You think “hhmmm… sweet potatoes are white and yams are yellow”….

But then the market shows you two kinds of sweet potatoes, and when you get them home – one is yellow, the other white. I’m thinkin “One is chips, round chips, the other is fries”. That’s just how I think.

And colors always have more flavor, no? And I was thinking “Are these the only colors”? Here’s what Wikipedia has to say:  The edible tuberous root is long and tapered, with a smooth skin whose color ranges between yellow, orange, red, brown, purple, and beige. Its flesh ranges from beige through white, red, pink, violet, yellow, orange, and purple. Sweet potato varieties with white or pale yellow flesh are less sweet and moist than those with red, pink or orange flesh.

The colors of our sweet potatoes

And click on the wiki link I’ve provided here. Often times, in many countries they are confused with the yam…. but you know a sweet potato when you see one. Right? lol

I mean Thanksgiving…. and what we all call ‘Sweet Potato Pie”…. those are really yams, right? I’m confused. lol

Happy eating,

Chef Marian