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Are Sweet Potatoes different from Yams?

April 26, 2017different potatoes Sweet yams

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Are Sweet Potatoes different from Yams?

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Folks in the South were the first to apply the term “yams” to sweet potatoes. They called the root “nyami,” a common term in Africa for true yams. Louisiana growers adopted and modified the word and began labeling their sweet potato crop “yams” as part of an advertising campaign in the 1920’s.