Comments on Join in the Feast: The Best Yam* Muffins You Ever Had

Not sure why I'm "Unknown"...it'...

2011-11-17T21:22:45.039-08:00

Not sure why I'm "Unknown"...it's Nina. :) Yeah, I always called them "yams," too...then heard some chefs along the way talk about how that's a misnomer. I've had "real" yam in some Asian restaurants...very different. They're white, actually! But no matter what you call them, these muffins sound great. I've copied and pasted the recipe into my file. I love that they used yogurt!

Interesting! Thanks for the reference. I clearl...

2011-11-17T19:38:15.528-08:00

Interesting! Thanks for the reference.

I clearly bought into the common confusion (grocery stores even mislabel) and I shouldn't have second-guessed my upbringing of referring to the orange-fleshed, red-skinned tubers as "sweet potatoes."

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These sound great! But I have to be a bit persnick...

2011-11-17T18:59:52.310-08:00

These sound great! But I have to be a bit persnickety...most "yams" in the U.S. are sweet potatoes. At least that's what wikipedia says. :) "Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae). These are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. There are many cultivars of yam. Although the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) has traditionally been referred to as a yam in parts of the United States and Canada, it is not part of the Dioscoreaceae family."