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[Danger]

I just ate a sweet potato. Or maybe it was a yam.

Is there a difference?

There are different kinds of sweet potato. A yam is one of the larger ones. Sweet potatoes are also sometimes included in blues bands. Yams seldom are.

 

[Math Is Hard]

There are different kinds of sweet potato. A yam is one of the larger ones. Sweet potatoes are also sometimes included in blues bands. Yams seldom are.

Thanks for edumacatin' me, Danger. You know, I thought 'yam pie' sounded pretty weird, but I like 'sweet potato pie' just fine.

 

[Huckleberry]

I'm always disappointed around Thanksgiving when I think I'm about to eat a nice piece of pumpkin pie and it turns out to be sweet potatoe pie.

 

[Danger]

I like 'sweet potato pie' just fine.

The only time I ever heard of sweet potato pie was on a much weirder than usual episode of the X-Files. Seems to me, that's where it belongs.

 

[Evo]

I just ate a sweet potato. Or maybe it was a yam.

Is there a difference?

Yes, there is a difference. I am so weird that I know this.

In the PF tradition of always bringing forth the truth (no matter how painful) here is the "Straight Dope" on "Is it a Yam or a Sweet Potato"?

Thank you MIH, for allowing me the opportunity to once and for all set the record straight.

"Dear Cecil:

I always thought yam and sweet potato were two names for the same thing. However, when I asked to be passed the yams at a recent family gathering, I was informed by one of my snotty east-coast cousins that no yams were on the menu. I was reduced to asking for the "freaking orange things, A-hole," which detracted from the air of refinement and class that I like to convey. What's the straight dope, Cecil? --Robbie Federer, Evanston, Illinois"

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990604b.html

 

[Moonbear]

I'm always disappointed around Thanksgiving when I think I'm about to eat a nice piece of pumpkin pie and it turns out to be sweet potatoe pie.

Since it wasn't until recently that I realized I do like sweet potatoes (when nobody adds sugar or marshmallows or other crap to them, they're actually very tasty), I really hated discovering that nice pie I was about to dig into was sweet potato instead of pumpkin!

 

[Math Is Hard]

Yes, there is a difference. I am so weird that I know this.

In the PF tradition of always bringing forth the truth (no matter how painful) here is the "Straight Dope" on "Is it a Yam or a Sweet Potato"?

Fascinating! I remember reading in anthropology class about the 7-foot yams proudly grown by the Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea and I wondered why the little things I bought at the store were so puny. And now I know. They aren't one and the same.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

This evening I had teriyaki chiken over steamed rice and a couple of egg rolls.

 

[Danger]

Thank you MIH, for allowing me the opportunity to once and for all set the record straight.http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990604b.html

That's the last time I trust Funk & Wagnalls.
I rechecked in Brittanica, and they agree with the Straight Dope guy.

 

[Evo]

The night before I was in food heaven-lots of pan fried oysters with lemon and cocktail sauce at a fish house that boasts roots from the great lakes area. Can't eat raw oysters right now since I am pregnant, but pan fried will always do!

I love oysters, but haven't had them in years because Kansas just isn't the place for fresh seafood. I make great oysters rockefeller...YUM!

Made up a new dish today: fried rice with grilled vegetables and yoghurt sauce.

*Cook rice.
*Slice zucchini, tomatoes, bell peper and garlic, rub with oil and some salt and grill in oven.
*Put oil in pan, fry some cumin seeds, coriander powder and chilli peper.
Add the cooked rice and fry that for a while.
*In separate pan make sauce: turkish yoghurt, water and coriander power and some salt and flower, sprinkle some finely cut fresh coriander into that when it's heated.

Dip the rice in the sauce when eating.. sooo jummmy

Monique, you always cook something yummy!

I'm still eating leftover ham. It weighed 11 pounds. I will be eating ham for the next three weeks.

Next on my list is a 7 foot yam.

 

[Danger]

I will be eating ham for the next three weeks.

Next on my list is a 7 foot yam.

Hey Moonbear! Doc Toxin! How are your recombinant DNA skills? A 'hyam' could cut down preparation time quit a bit.

 

[DocToxyn]

While it is true that both taxonomically and culinarily the yam is different than the sweet potato, the "yams" you will find in your average supermarket are indeed a type of sweet potato, a member of the morning glory family. The orange-fleshed, brown skinned "yams" are called this as a way to differentiate them from the white-fleshed variaties and the confusion stems from African slaves transferring the name from their native true yam to the ones they found in North America upon their arrival. So, the information in this thread is correct, its just that the name "yam" is being used a little too loosely in the marketplace. Check wikipedia for further details

True yams, and relatives like casava, are typically large, as in the 7 ft one, and must be cooked thoroughly to eliminate certain alkaloid toxins found in the flesh. They can be found in the US, but you have to hit ethnic markets.

 

[Kerrie]

tonight for dinner, lamb with curry and lentils! i adore the tender taste of lamb.

 

[cronxeh]

dinner @ IHOP..

yes.. pancakes n waffles w/ maple syrup

 

[DocToxyn]

Hey Moonbear! Doc Toxin! How are your recombinant DNA skills? A 'hyam' could cut down preparation time quit a bit.

Isn't "hyam" yiddish? If so, it's definitely not kosher.

My favorite yam dish is simply boiled, drained and mashed yams with butter and cream. You can add things like ginger and cinnamon if you want a spicier tone or add some chopped chipotle peppers and adobo for smokey heat. If you want to combine it with ham, put them in the bottom of the roasting dish you are baking the ham in and let them stew in the collected drippings and glaze (things like coke, rum, maple syrup) that comes off the ham.

 

[DocToxyn]

Tonights menu - szechuan tofu with ground pork served over bean threads.

Other recent meals have included falafel in pita with tzatziki, turkey satay lettuce wraps with peanut sauce, and greens beans and sausage with crusty bread.

 

[Moonbear]

Isn't "hyam" yiddish?

Since it seems to resemble the sound of someone clearing phlegm from their throat, it must be yiddish.

My favorite yam dish is simply boiled, drained and mashed yams with butter and cream. You can add things like ginger and cinnamon if you want a spicier tone or add some chopped chipotle peppers and adobo for smokey heat. If you want to combine it with ham, put them in the bottom of the roasting dish you are baking the ham in and let them stew in the collected drippings and glaze (things like coke, rum, maple syrup) that comes off the ham.

I either just bake them in the skin and add some salt and pepper, or I cut them into big chunks, lightly coat them in olive oil and bake with some herbs (rosemary, thyme, oregano...those sorts of things). And when I'm feeling really unhealthy, I cut them into sticks and make sweet potato fries...best dipped into horseradish sauce. I now own a food processor, so I need to see how thinly the slicing blade slices veggies...sweet potato chips are really tasty, but only if you can get them sliced thin enough. I can do it by hand, but it takes too long that way (shush DocToxyn, I already considered whether I could adapt the microtome to sweet potatoes. Then I remember what else gets cut on that and stop thinking about it. )

Tonight's dinner is in progress. Penne pasta with homemade tomato sauce topped with provolone cheese (don't have any mozzarella) and baked like a ziti. That should last me a few days.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Well, since today is our 19th anniversary we were supposed to go out for a nice dinner. But guess what Tsu wants instead: Steak and cake. She says that she's on a rhyming diet - the newest thing I guess.

 

[z-component]

Finally a fad diet that makes sense! ;)

 

[Evo]

Well, since today is our 19th anniversary we were supposed to go out for a nice dinner. But guess what Tsu wants instead: Steak and cake. She says that she's on a rhyming diet - the newest thing I guess.

Happy Anniversary you two! :!)

 

[Huckleberry]

Well, since today is our 19th anniversary we were supposed to go out for a nice dinner. But guess what Tsu wants instead: Steak and cake. She says that she's on a rhyming diet - the newest thing I guess.

Happy Anniversary!

I guess oranges are off the menu?

 

[zoobyshoe]

I guess oranges are off the menu?

There is some zoobie food that rhymes, but they wouldn't want to eat it.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Oranges and cake...steak and oranges...?

nope, doesn't work.

 

[Evo]

shake and snake

 

[Ivan Seeking]

shake and snake

ferret with carrots

 

[karen03grae]

taco bell?

 

[Huckleberry]

snails and lobster tails
peanut brittle, a bag of skittles
scones and ice cream cones
pears and eclairs
baked potatoes and sliced tomatoes

music with this
http://www.nancymusic.com/Rhymetime.htm

 

[Moonbear]

Well, since today is our 19th anniversary we were supposed to go out for a nice dinner. But guess what Tsu wants instead: Steak and cake. She says that she's on a rhyming diet - the newest thing I guess.

Finally a fad diet that makes sense! ;)

Happy Anniversary! And yes, I agree, that's the sort of diet I'd like to be on!

 

[Astronuc]

Well, since today is our 19th anniversary we were supposed to go out for a nice dinner. But guess what Tsu wants instead: Steak and cake. She says that she's on a rhyming diet - the newest thing I guess.

Ivan, Congratulations man! And to Tsu, for putting up with you all these years.

Well as long as its not "shake and bake".

baked potatoes and sliced tomatoes

From where I come, tomato does not rhyme with potato - nor for the plural.

 

[faust9]

Tonights menu included a perenial favorite---Tomatoe soup. Not the goop that comes in a red and white Andy Warhol can either. Oh no, fresh homemade zest tomatoe soup with fresh cut chuves and lemon juice/zest blended into liven things up!

What goes better with soup than a sandwich? I can't conceive of anything going better with fresh zesty tomateo soup, so we---my wife and I---had Banh Mi sandwiches. Bahn Mi goes very well with the lemon in the soup---not as well as with Nuoc Cham, but close.

Bahn Mi is a Vietnames pork sandwich for those who are not inclined to google it but curious none the less and nuoc cham is a sweet dipping sauce also used as a spread sometimes on Bahm Mi.

Enjoy.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Thanks all. I consider our years of marriage proof that anything is possible!

 

[Lisa!]

Breakfast

What about breakfast?
It's the most important meal but I just can drink a cup of tea.Although my doctor told me drinking tea is dangerous for my health!

I cook just about every night - most times, nothing fancy - but quick stuff, since I have to cook for 4. After a days work, I don't want to get too involved in cooking. On the weekends, maybe something fancier if we don't get something from some place like Subway.

Fascinating.

 

[Evo]

Although my doctor told me drinking tea is dangerous for my health!

Sounds like your doctor is a quack, unless you're drinking some weird type of toxic tea.

 

[Moonbear]

Sounds like your doctor is a quack, unless you're drinking some weird type of toxic tea.

Unless you're prone to kidney stones. Much to the dismay of my southern friend who loves her sweet iced tea, she's been cautioned to avoid tea because she's already had problems with kidney stones and something in tea can lead to kidney stones/make them worse (this doesn't apply to those herbal teas, just the regular black tea). I've never looked into why it's bad though.

 

[Evo]

Unless you're prone to kidney stones. Much to the dismay of my southern friend who loves her sweet iced tea, she's been cautioned to avoid tea because she's already had problems with kidney stones and something in tea can lead to kidney stones/make them worse (this doesn't apply to those herbal teas, just the regular black tea). I've never looked into why it's bad though.

It's the oxilates. "I had an oxalate stone. What type of diet should I follow? Do I need to avoid foods high in oxalate?"

If you have had a kidney stone that contains oxalate, some evidence (research) suggests that limiting high oxalate foods may help reduce your change of forming another oxalate stone. Foods that are high in oxalate include: peanuts, tea, instant coffee (more than 8 ounces a day), rhubarb, beets, beans, berries (blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries, etc.), chocolate, Concord grapes, dark leafy greens, oranges, tofu, sweet potatoes and draft beer. Because the stone contains calcium and oxalate, you may also need to follow the calcium recommendations from the last question.

http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=41

Tea in general (and there are so many types of "tea" nowdays) is not hazardous to your health.

 

[JamesU]

kidney.org?

 

[Evo]

kidney.org?

Heh, that is funny, I didn't notice until you pointed it out.

 

[JamesU]

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[Lisa!]

I respect mt doctor!

Sounds like your doctor is a quack, unless you're drinking some weird type of toxic tea.

In this case my doctor is right coz I feel bad when I drink tea.He told me just to drink weake tea provided that in the morning I eat st else before and 2 hours after or before any meal. and I don't have kidney problem.


but anyway,who cares about it "All people are crazy but in different ways!"
Let me to be crazy in this way.
I'm crazy about tea. :!)