Quote (NatureNames @ Mar 18 2014 03:09pm)
I'm curious what type of sweet potatoes people are talking about. there is a lot of different kinds (16+ varieties? .-. ). the two most common types sold here are the tan skinned/yellow-white variety just called "sweet potato", and the purple skinned/orange flesh variety called "garnet sweet potato" (sometimes mistakenly called a yam). i like the orange ones best for any type of baking or stews; they cook like a giant carrot. I like the the yellow ones for pan frying (rounds, fries, hashbrowns, etc). i find that when the yellow ones are baked, they come out stringy thick/gooey texture i dont like. but for frying, the yellow ones definitely have the best flavor; it puts russets to shame.
