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Becca[_3_]

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> Becca > wrote:
>
> > wrote:
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> >> I bought a small package of something called "yam cake"
> >>
> >> There is a recipe on the back of the package in English. It doesn't say
> >> anything about yam cake in the recipe, but it does mention konnyaku and
> >> that is the only ingredient in the recipe that I don't recognize.
>
> > Yam cake is made from taro and you eat it for breakfast. I would drain
> > it, then brown it just until it was crispy on the outside.
>
> Are you saying that "yam cake" and "konnyaku" are not the same thing?
>
> The ingredients listed on the package are" "yam flour", water, and
> calcium hydroxide. I read that konnyaku is often called "yam" although
> it's not a tuber and has no relation to what we generally call yams.

It could be the same thing. Here is a website that might help. It
includes a recipe.

http://mykitch3n.blogspot.com/2007/02/yam-cake.html

Becca