So, maybe Frankie was onto something when
she called her yam - lube invention «a big moment in the history of the vagina.»
The grated sweet potato is also
called yam... and it's indispensable to make a «real» okonomiyaki batter.
I love using sweet potato (which I used to
call yam!)
I know that in parts of the country, when they refer to sweet potatoes they are talking about what
we call yams.
The sweet potatoes we eat in the United States (often
called yams) generally don't cause food allergies, so this is a safe food for most babies.
When I was a kid, these were
called yams, baked with syrup and marshmallow, served up at Thanksgiving, Xmas.
Both marshmallows and sweet potatoes, sometimes
called yams are high in carbs.
Not exact matches
Yams are different than what we call «sweet potatoes» and what are occasionally referred to as «yams» here in the States — those bulbous often orange or white root veggies are not actually even related to real y
Yams are different than what we
call «sweet potatoes» and what are occasionally referred to as «
yams» here in the States — those bulbous often orange or white root veggies are not actually even related to real y
yams» here in the States — those bulbous often orange or white root veggies are not actually even related to real
yamsyams.
This recipe
calls for
yams NOT sweet potatoes which are two different things!
Even those beautiful guys we
call «garnet
yams» aren't actually
yams at all.
-LSB-...] yesterday cooking dried kidney beans and
yam treats, and then, in the afternoon, set about making Okra Gumbo (from Post Punk Kitchen's blog) with some okra that was
calling to me at the co-op this -LSB-...]
I get so frustrated when I see recipes that
call for
yams, but what they really mean for you to use are sweet potatoes.
last week were warm mujadra tacos with spring greens + herbs, today, it's
yam gnocchi, with some toasted and crushed fennel seeds, coupled with a spinach - chive pesto that is, what i'm
calling, muddled spring (is there a cocktail with that name?
Sweet potatoes (or
yams, as your grocery store may
call them), eggplants, tomatoes, a red bell pepper, and green onions slowly roasted until they were soft.
Sweet potatoes (if you haven't had them because most of us eat
yams and
call them sweet potatoes) are, imagine this, a lot sweeter.
Actually, all your suggestions sound fantastic, but those
yam fries are
calling my name...
As a quick intro, shirataki noodles are made from a type of Asian
yam called konjac which is naturally low in carbohydrates and calories.
Then there was exciting news from India's poorest state, Bihar (pop 100 million, and 50 % of families in poverty), where the application of what's
called the System of Rice / Root Intensification (SRI) has «dramatically increased yields with wheat, potatoes, sugar cane,
yams, tomatoes, garlic, aubergine and many other crops», according to the Guardian newspaper.
It's
called Vegan
Yams and it's the bomb.
If these «sweet potatoes» are orange, doesn't that mean that they are actually
calling for
yams in this recipe?
In the U. S. A. and many other western countries, the pharmaceutical industry purchases the natural progesterone which comes from wild
yams and soybeans, and then changes to make NON-NATURAL substances
called Progestins.
Second, add «fermentable fibers» to your diet, which are also
called prebiotics (sweet potato,
yam, yucca, etc.) and eat a lot of fermented foods like kefir, sauerkraut, and certain types of yogurt (but most yogurts found in your grocery store are simply milk with sugar and are NOT healthy) You can also supplement with probiotics, but make sure to start slow and build up.
Bioidentical Natural Hormones are made by converting the ingredient
called diosgenin, derived from wild
yam, to actual hormones that are identical to the ones produced by the body.
It comes from the jicama plant, which belongs to the bean family, and is also
called the «
yam bean.»
Wild
yam has been found to contain about 3.5 % diosgenin, which is is used as a source in the synthesis of a sex hormone
called progesterone, as well as for the production of cortisone and other steroids prescribed in hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which benefit women with fertility problems, irregular menstrual cycles, and hormone deficiencies due to menopause and post-menopause.
First things first: The orange, sweet root vegetable that is often
called a «
yam» and showcased in America's beloved Thanksgiving dish «candied
yams,» is actually a sweet potato — not a
yam at all!
Several species of the
yam family (dioscoreaceae, also
called barbasco in Central America) as well as soybeans, contain significant amounts of diosgenin, a complex molecule which converts readily and inexpensively to pregnenolone and then into a «natural» progesterone which is essentially identical to the hormone produced in a woman's body.
African slaves had been
calling the soft sweet potatoes «
yams» because they resembled the
yams they knew in Africa.
A: The USP progesterone used for hormone replacement comes from plant fats and oils, usually a substance
called diosgenin which is extracted from a very specific type of wild
yam that grows in Mexico, or from soybeans.
Did you know the root vegetables commonly
called «
yams» in the U.S. are actually a soft variety of sweet potato?
However, the recipe
called for sweet potatoes when in fact you guys were clearly using
yams in the pictures.
Hudut consists of fish cooked in a coconut broth (
called sere) and served with mashed plantains or
yams.