Full Version: Thanksgiving sweet potatoes/yams
Baked for me!
I like them in the recipe I mentioned in the other thread....
I will eat sweet potatoes anyway they can be cooked. We eat them all the time....boiled, baked, on the BBQ grill, fried......its all good.
My favorite is Honey Baked Ham Sweet Potato Casserole. Heavenly!!!!!!
My favorite is Honey Baked Ham Sweet Potato Casserole. Heavenly!!!!!!
you slice up some red potaotes and some sweet potatoes and layer them on some foil and then you add some butter on top with some sliced onion and some fresh herbs, like rosemary, oregano or basil and of course some salt and pepper.... then you fold them up and cook on the BBQ.. once done you open the packet and add some grated cheese that melts really good and then close the packets up and wait for the cheese to melt... this is delish!! 
I have also made it in the oven, I just layer everything in a baking dish and cover it and bake....
**it is best to do a bunch of smaller packets... like one serving size because they will cook better on the BBQ ...
I have also made it in the oven, I just layer everything in a baking dish and cover it and bake....
**it is best to do a bunch of smaller packets... like one serving size because they will cook better on the BBQ ...
QUOTE(MarilynP @ Nov 20 2007, 03:20 PM) 
you slice up some red potaotes and some sweet potatoes and layer them on some foil and then you add some butter on top with some sliced onion and some fresh herbs, like rosemary, oregano or basil and of course some salt and pepper.... then you fold them up and cook on the BBQ.. once done you open the packet and add some grated cheese that melts really good and then close the packets up and wait for the cheese to melt... this is delish!!
I have also made it in the oven, I just layer everything in a baking dish and cover it and bake....
**it is best to do a bunch of smaller packets... like one serving size because they will cook better on the BBQ ...
I have also made it in the oven, I just layer everything in a baking dish and cover it and bake....
**it is best to do a bunch of smaller packets... like one serving size because they will cook better on the BBQ ...
I do this with sweet onions too. OMG................
Yes! One of the few thanksgiving foods I actually enjoy eating. Sweet potatoes (no the mashmallow goo though, thanks) and mashed potatoes and bread. Call me carb queen. 
I prefer them baked, but will eat them mashed or in a casserole, but not with marshmallows LOL
baked with brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter!
I think I'm the only person alive that doesn't care for sweet potatoes. 
QUOTE(LoriLawless @ Nov 20 2007, 04:30 PM)
I think I'm the only person alive that doesn't care for sweet potatoes.
No, I am with you! Ick. But Derek likes them so I am sure they will make an appearance at Thanksgiving.
Normally I like them baked with butter and a bit of brown sugar. For Thanksgiving I like sweet potato casserole. It's sweet potatoes, butter, brown sugar with pecan topping.
QUOTE(LoriLawless @ Nov 20 2007, 05:30 PM)
I think I'm the only person alive that doesn't care for sweet potatoes.
I only started to like them in the last 4 years or so, and now I can't get enough of them. Sliced up and placed on the grill is awesome.
QUOTE(devilette @ Nov 20 2007, 09:17 PM)
Baked for me!
Are you hungry, hun?
every since i read Tom Robbins book.."even cowgirls get the blues" i have been an yam fan....and water chestnut
Never had sweet potatoes until I met my hubby and love them....but the whole marshmallow Thanksgiving wotsit thing ...noooo, I don't like....sorry 
Cubed-and-sauteed (like ordinary spuds in hash-browns) with onions, or in saambaar
QUOTE(thanksforthefish @ Nov 20 2007, 09:50 PM)
Never had sweet potatoes until I met my hubby and love them....but the whole marshmallow Thanksgiving wotsit thing ...noooo, I don't like....sorry
Can someone tell me cos I never had a straight answer...is it a pudding or a veg side dish? I am so confused!
QUOTE(thanksforthefish @ Nov 20 2007, 04:54 PM)
QUOTE(thanksforthefish @ Nov 20 2007, 09:50 PM)
Never had sweet potatoes until I met my hubby and love them....but the whole marshmallow Thanksgiving wotsit thing ...noooo, I don't like....sorry
Can someone tell me cos I never had a straight answer...is it a pudding or a veg side dish? I am so confused!
It's s side dish. Like mashed potatoes, only sweeter.
QUOTE(thanksforthefish @ Nov 20 2007, 01:54 PM)
QUOTE(thanksforthefish @ Nov 20 2007, 09:50 PM)
Never had sweet potatoes until I met my hubby and love them....but the whole marshmallow Thanksgiving wotsit thing ...noooo, I don't like....sorry
Can someone tell me cos I never had a straight answer...is it a pudding or a veg side dish? I am so confused!
you tell me! With all that sugar it seems like a dessert more than a side dish. But it is a side dish, technically!
QUOTE(thanksforthefish @ Nov 20 2007, 04:54 PM)
QUOTE(thanksforthefish @ Nov 20 2007, 09:50 PM)
Never had sweet potatoes until I met my hubby and love them....but the whole marshmallow Thanksgiving wotsit thing ...noooo, I don't like....sorry
Can someone tell me cos I never had a straight answer...is it a pudding or a veg side dish? I am so confused! I guess sweet potato pie could be considered as a pudding/dessert.
QUOTE(thanksforthefish @ Nov 20 2007, 01:47 PM)
QUOTE(devilette @ Nov 20 2007, 09:17 PM)
Baked for me!
Are you hungry, hun?
There's a lot of side dish debating to do. Oh, and I'm bored!
I hate the sweet potato unless it's baked in it's skin. And even then, only a few times a year.
Never have cared for sweet potatos.
I like brown sugar...mmmmmm
I saw for the first time sweet potatoes with marshmallows...but didn't dare to try it - though I'm sure it's ok.
I saw for the first time sweet potatoes with marshmallows...but didn't dare to try it - though I'm sure it's ok.
QUOTE(CherryXS @ Nov 20 2007, 04:52 PM)
Cubed-and-sauteed (like ordinary spuds in hash-browns) with onions, or in saambaar
I wish we had some Indian family nearby to cook something like that! And lots of other things. I can do it and so can Sujeet but it tastes so much better when you don't cook it yourself.
QUOTE(stina&suj @ Nov 20 2007, 05:42 PM)
QUOTE(CherryXS @ Nov 20 2007, 04:52 PM)
Cubed-and-sauteed (like ordinary spuds in hash-browns) with onions, or in saambaar
I wish we had some Indian family nearby to cook something like that! And lots of other things. I can do it and so can Sujeet but it tastes so much better when you don't cook it yourself.
In actuality Sweet Potatoes and Yams are not the same thing. What you call Yams here in the USA are, in actual fact, JUST Sweet Potatoes.
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Yam or sweet potato, what in the world is it? Many people use these terms interchangeably both in conversation and in cooking, but they are really two different vegetables.
Sweet Potatoes
Popular in the American South, these yellow or orange tubers are elongated with ends that taper to a point and are of two dominant types. The paler-skinned sweet potato has a thin, light yellow skin with pale yellow flesh which is not sweet and has a dry, crumbly texture similar to a white baking potato. The darker-skinned variety (which is most often called "yam" in error) has a thicker, dark orange to reddish skin with a vivid orange, sweet flesh and a moist texture.
Current popular sweet potato varieties include Goldrush, Georgia Red, Centennial, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, and Velvet.
Yams
The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not even distantly related to the sweet potato. Slowly becoming more common in US markets, the yam is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150 varieties available worldwide.
Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato, this tuber can grow over seven feet in length. The word yam comes from African words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in America in 1676.
The yam tuber has a brown or black skin which resembles the bark of a tree and off-white, purple or red flesh, depending on the variety. They are at home growing in tropical climates, primarily in South America, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Yams contain more natural sugar than sweet potatoes and have a higher moisture content. They are also marketed by their Spanish names, boniato and ņame.
Sweet Potatoes
Popular in the American South, these yellow or orange tubers are elongated with ends that taper to a point and are of two dominant types. The paler-skinned sweet potato has a thin, light yellow skin with pale yellow flesh which is not sweet and has a dry, crumbly texture similar to a white baking potato. The darker-skinned variety (which is most often called "yam" in error) has a thicker, dark orange to reddish skin with a vivid orange, sweet flesh and a moist texture.
Current popular sweet potato varieties include Goldrush, Georgia Red, Centennial, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, and Velvet.
Yams
The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not even distantly related to the sweet potato. Slowly becoming more common in US markets, the yam is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150 varieties available worldwide.
Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato, this tuber can grow over seven feet in length. The word yam comes from African words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in America in 1676.
The yam tuber has a brown or black skin which resembles the bark of a tree and off-white, purple or red flesh, depending on the variety. They are at home growing in tropical climates, primarily in South America, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Yams contain more natural sugar than sweet potatoes and have a higher moisture content. They are also marketed by their Spanish names, boniato and ņame.
Original Article
QUOTE(Mags @ Nov 21 2007, 07:28 AM)
In actuality Sweet Potatoes and Yams are not the same thing. What you call Yams here in the USA are, in actual fact, JUST Sweet Potatoes.
Original Article
QUOTE
Yam or sweet potato, what in the world is it? Many people use these terms interchangeably both in conversation and in cooking, but they are really two different vegetables.
Sweet Potatoes
Popular in the American South, these yellow or orange tubers are elongated with ends that taper to a point and are of two dominant types. The paler-skinned sweet potato has a thin, light yellow skin with pale yellow flesh which is not sweet and has a dry, crumbly texture similar to a white baking potato. The darker-skinned variety (which is most often called "yam" in error) has a thicker, dark orange to reddish skin with a vivid orange, sweet flesh and a moist texture.
Current popular sweet potato varieties include Goldrush, Georgia Red, Centennial, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, and Velvet.
Yams
The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not even distantly related to the sweet potato. Slowly becoming more common in US markets, the yam is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150 varieties available worldwide.
Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato, this tuber can grow over seven feet in length. The word yam comes from African words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in America in 1676.
The yam tuber has a brown or black skin which resembles the bark of a tree and off-white, purple or red flesh, depending on the variety. They are at home growing in tropical climates, primarily in South America, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Yams contain more natural sugar than sweet potatoes and have a higher moisture content. They are also marketed by their Spanish names, boniato and ņame.
Sweet Potatoes
Popular in the American South, these yellow or orange tubers are elongated with ends that taper to a point and are of two dominant types. The paler-skinned sweet potato has a thin, light yellow skin with pale yellow flesh which is not sweet and has a dry, crumbly texture similar to a white baking potato. The darker-skinned variety (which is most often called "yam" in error) has a thicker, dark orange to reddish skin with a vivid orange, sweet flesh and a moist texture.
Current popular sweet potato varieties include Goldrush, Georgia Red, Centennial, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, and Velvet.
Yams
The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not even distantly related to the sweet potato. Slowly becoming more common in US markets, the yam is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150 varieties available worldwide.
Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato, this tuber can grow over seven feet in length. The word yam comes from African words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in America in 1676.
The yam tuber has a brown or black skin which resembles the bark of a tree and off-white, purple or red flesh, depending on the variety. They are at home growing in tropical climates, primarily in South America, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Yams contain more natural sugar than sweet potatoes and have a higher moisture content. They are also marketed by their Spanish names, boniato and ņame.
Original Article
I thought about that when I wrote this poll but as the article says, they are becoming more popular in America, so you can indeed find them. Esp. at the fancy stores.
I LOVE it!! I'm totally cooking it. I'll make mashed sweet potatoes just like I'd do my mashed potatoes, no sugar.
QUOTE(devilette @ Nov 21 2007, 10:32 AM)
thought about that when I wrote this poll but as the article says, they are becoming more popular in America, so you can indeed find them. Esp. at the fancy stores.
I'm sure you can, problem is that things that are labelled as "Yams" are actually Sweet potatoes, normally in a syrup something or other! Makes it hard to find REAL Yams when you do want to try them!
Thanks for the opportunity to say "gag me with a spoon!" To me, Thanksgiving has such gross food (cranberries, yams, my grandma's marshmallow-celery-fruit salad) it might as well be a Jewish holiday... yechh.
To me, Thanksgiving has such gross food (cranberries, yams, my grandma's marshmallow-celery-fruit salad) it might as well be a Jewish holiday... yechh.
QUOTE(Alex+R @ Nov 21 2007, 10:17 AM)
Thanks for the opportunity to say "gag me with a spoon!" To me, Thanksgiving has such gross food (cranberries, yams, my grandma's marshmallow-celery-fruit salad) it might as well be a Jewish holiday... yechh.
To me, Thanksgiving has such gross food (cranberries, yams, my grandma's marshmallow-celery-fruit salad) it might as well be a Jewish holiday... yechh.and damnit, I added it AFTER i replied no so I couldn't use it.
Beef bone remnants (gelatin) + a vegetable = sweet nastiness.
Whipped sweet potato casserole
Yummo
Yummo
We had sweet potato and corn chowder and it was really lovely. My hubby is such a great cook. 
QUOTE(Mags @ Nov 22 2007, 11:17 AM)
We had sweet potato and corn chowder and it was really lovely. My hubby is such a great cook.
That sounds delicious.
QUOTE(Mister Fancypants @ Nov 22 2007, 02:42 PM)
QUOTE(Mags @ Nov 22 2007, 11:17 AM)
We had sweet potato and corn chowder and it was really lovely. My hubby is such a great cook.
That sounds delicious.
It really was. Hubby does it for Christmas and Thanksgiving every year and it really is fantastic.
I like the sweet potato thing, but I'm not sure if it's only because it's tradition.
Meanwhile, I found a recipe for 'carrot souffle' for a side dish, so I made it - I cut the sugar in half cos it seemed just YUCK! and it turned out tasting like pumpkin pie...no word of a lie.
Hardly a side dish for turkey!
Meanwhile, I found a recipe for 'carrot souffle' for a side dish, so I made it - I cut the sugar in half cos it seemed just YUCK! and it turned out tasting like pumpkin pie...no word of a lie.
Hardly a side dish for turkey!
QUOTE(Mags @ Nov 21 2007, 08:28 AM)
In actuality Sweet Potatoes and Yams are not the same thing. What you call Yams here in the USA are, in actual fact, JUST Sweet Potatoes.
Original Article
QUOTE
Yam or sweet potato, what in the world is it? Many people use these terms interchangeably both in conversation and in cooking, but they are really two different vegetables.
Sweet Potatoes
Popular in the American South, these yellow or orange tubers are elongated with ends that taper to a point and are of two dominant types. The paler-skinned sweet potato has a thin, light yellow skin with pale yellow flesh which is not sweet and has a dry, crumbly texture similar to a white baking potato. The darker-skinned variety (which is most often called "yam" in error) has a thicker, dark orange to reddish skin with a vivid orange, sweet flesh and a moist texture.
Current popular sweet potato varieties include Goldrush, Georgia Red, Centennial, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, and Velvet.
Yams
The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not even distantly related to the sweet potato. Slowly becoming more common in US markets, the yam is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150 varieties available worldwide.
Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato, this tuber can grow over seven feet in length. The word yam comes from African words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in America in 1676.
The yam tuber has a brown or black skin which resembles the bark of a tree and off-white, purple or red flesh, depending on the variety. They are at home growing in tropical climates, primarily in South America, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Yams contain more natural sugar than sweet potatoes and have a higher moisture content. They are also marketed by their Spanish names, boniato and ņame.
Sweet Potatoes
Popular in the American South, these yellow or orange tubers are elongated with ends that taper to a point and are of two dominant types. The paler-skinned sweet potato has a thin, light yellow skin with pale yellow flesh which is not sweet and has a dry, crumbly texture similar to a white baking potato. The darker-skinned variety (which is most often called "yam" in error) has a thicker, dark orange to reddish skin with a vivid orange, sweet flesh and a moist texture.
Current popular sweet potato varieties include Goldrush, Georgia Red, Centennial, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, and Velvet.
Yams
The true yam is the tuber of a tropical vine (Dioscorea batatas) and is not even distantly related to the sweet potato. Slowly becoming more common in US markets, the yam is a popular vegetable in Latin American and Caribbean markets, with over 150 varieties available worldwide.
Generally sweeter than than the sweet potato, this tuber can grow over seven feet in length. The word yam comes from African words njam, nyami, or djambi, meaning "to eat," and was first recorded in America in 1676.
The yam tuber has a brown or black skin which resembles the bark of a tree and off-white, purple or red flesh, depending on the variety. They are at home growing in tropical climates, primarily in South America, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Yams contain more natural sugar than sweet potatoes and have a higher moisture content. They are also marketed by their Spanish names, boniato and ņame.
Original Article
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All the time my mom is like "I want to eat a yam for Sunday dinner." And I remind her that she's eating a variety of sweet potato. To me, a real Yam comes from WEST AFRICA. I had them for the first time a few weeks ago and I love them (but I need to learn how to cook them).
Sweet potatoes, on the other hand - YUCK!!!!!!!!
For some odd reason, I just read 'yam' as 'yak'
I'm all 'people eat Yaks?'
hahahahahahhah
I'm all 'people eat Yaks?'
hahahahahahhah
QUOTE(LisaD @ Nov 24 2007, 12:25 PM)
For some odd reason, I just read 'yam' as 'yak'
I'm all 'people eat Yaks?'
hahahahahahhah
I'm all 'people eat Yaks?'
hahahahahahhah
ROFL. Mmmmmmmmmm Candied YAK with your turkey.
I like them roasted or baked myself... a bit of cinnamon's lovely, but sugar isn't really needed unless they're REALLY old and the sugar has all turned to starch. But last christmas I made a traditional-style sweet potato casserole for DH and I topped it with pecans, flaked coconut, and marshmallows - it was nice but it tasted like dessert to me!
my sis-in-law makes sweet potaotes by boiling them and then throwing them in a big pan and sprinkling brown sugar over top, and then puts marshmallows and pineapple chunks over top and then pours some of the pineapple juice over top and then bakes it for awhile...
I didn't try it but hubby said it tasted good...
I didn't try it but hubby said it tasted good...
I pass on sweet potatoes. No thanks.
I love sweet potatoes baked, boiled, BBQ'd or whatever, but hate what my MIL does to them at Thanksgiving by adding all that sweet stuff...marshmallows, sugar etc., YUK!! I always have a vacant spot on my plate where my 'taters should be on Thanksgiving Day 
NOT mashed with marshmallows! That is just so nasty. I do like them candied and baked.
Just a plain baked sweet potato for me with a little butter but none of that sugar stuff. It's already sweet enough as it is!
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