Comments on: Because God has mixed feelings about sweet potatoes topped with marshmallows

By: smb

smb — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:50 +0000

She told me the score: basically everything sold in the US is a sweet potato. In the 1930s, sweet potato farmers who cultivated an orange-yellow variety decided they would be called Yams as an advertising gimmick to differentiate them from the white-fleshed varieties of sweet potatoes. confusion has continued since. it sounds like actual yams are a pretty inedible tuber not sold in the US.

By: smb

smb — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:26:08 +0000

That Kate you mentioned actually knows the answer. As I recall, it’s mostly an advertising gimmick in practice, but there are some complicated variations relating to where they’re grown. they’re all in the same family/genus/whatever, i think. i can vouch for that being a great dish.

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:08:35 +0000

Jessawhy, don’t listen to him. He eats pineapple with parsnips!

By: Kaimi

Kaimi — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:57:28 +0000

Jessawhy,

Forget Granny Smiths. The kind of apples you want for this recipe are little balls of Gruyere. :)

By: Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:09:21 +0000

If somebody posted their sweet potato/russet/gruyere/walnut recipe I would be eternally grateful and would nab it in a heartbeat.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:36:48 +0000

Not only do marshmellows make things too sweet for a place at the Thankgiving dinner table, it’s that marshmellows are so … low class.

There. I said it.

By: amri

amri — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:16:03 +0000

Apples are all-American. Gruyere is French. Don’t be a terrorist, Kaimi.

meems is not a terrorist.

By: meems

meems — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:10:15 +0000

They both sound great, Kaimi. As Nasreddin Hodja said, “you are right, and you are right, and you are right.”

By: Kaimi

Kaimi — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:14:28 +0000

Your recipe sounds good, amri. But Kristine’s sounds better. Gruyere versus carmelized apples — sorry, that’s just not much of a contest.

By: amri

amri — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:40:09 +0000

jessawhy–I would go for Granny Smith. They’re easy to get end of November and they’re firm. The caramelizing will sweeten them up.