Honestly, people.

There is a difference between yams and sweet potatoes.



Let's examine, shall we?

People come into Safeway and tell me "Psshh...same thing!"


NO.

Not true.

One important point to begin with is that they do look quite different. Yams are grown on a vine and are also known as tubers. Some have grown as long as five feet. On the other hand, the sweet potato is grown in the earth and does in fact resemble a potato but it is only distantly related to the potato.

Sweet Potatoes: light and fluffy...like mashed potatoes and yummier.
Yams: harder and yammier.

geez.

Get it straight.