Your Yam maybe a sweet potato so will the real yam please standup. This is the "true" yam and as such gives yams a whole new perspective.
The real yam is definitely a tuber from a tropical vine and is no relation at all to a sweet potato. "True"yams are often confused with a sweet potato and the sweet potato suffers from the same fate. The "true"yam is a very popular vegetable in Latin America,caribbean and Africa. Yet it is hard to find this elusive vegetable in the United States but it is gaining in popularity. The yam maybe located in local Asian and African markets.
It is possible that it could be located in some local American groceries but you would have to search.Why is all of this so important and who really cares? Well it is a compeletly different vegetable than the one passed off as a yam. It also has some very excellent nutritional value which I will go into a little later in this informative article.