Holiday Side: Candied Sweet Potatoes a la Emeril
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21 November 2017
Joke: What’s the difference between a sweet potato and a yam? About ten cents a pound. Let’s Get Something Straight First of all, it’s time to get something cleared up. Contrary to what many people think, a sweet potato and a yam are not the same. It’s true, they are both root vegetables but they belong to different plant families: the sweet potato belongs to the morning glory family and the yam the lily family. In a nutshell yams are sweeter, are larger, but they don’t supply as much nutrition. …
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