People seem to use the word âyamâ to refer to all sorts of tuberous vegetables. Dioscorea, Colocasia, Ipomoea ⌠they all get called yams depending on who youâre talking to.
Tis strange. But seen as true yams come from the yam family and sweet potato come from the morning glory family. So its pretty well defined. Taiwan is lucky to have a pretty good variety of wild yams and grow that much more. Shame to confuse them with pig food.
I personally love them mashed with butter, however I just do not want a shrivelled up old persons skin one from 7/11 or one of those HARD boiled eggs they are cooked toooooo long.