On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:23:55 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:26:42 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:52:43 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
> >wrote:
> >
> >> We mostly do either sweet potato or those Okinowan Sweet potatoes for
> >> fries. I prefer the Okinowans- my son likes the sweet potatoes.
> >
> >Are those the white ones? I just started buying them recently and
> >they taste great
>
> Red on the outside- 'off white'(?) on the inside. Shaped like a sweet
> potato, not a Idaho red. Ever-so-slightly sweet.

Yes they're "sweet potato" shaped, but the "white" ones available
where I shop are brown on the outside.
>
> >.... but real sweet potatoes are still "orange" to me.
> >
>
> I agree. And while I won't call sweet potatoes 'Yam' - even
> when the market does- I stick with what they call those potatoes from
> Okinawa.
>
Guess I haven't seen them after all, not familiar with anything called
"Okinawa". They're labeled by what color the flesh is and it doesn't
get any fancier than that.


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