Yams were on sale so I bought one. What the heck do I do with it? Mashed yams? Yam fries? Help me.
>>7451922
Stab it with a fork a couple times then microwave it
>>7451922
Yam fries. Slice em thin, sprinkle some salt and some spices if you want. Bake em till crispy, yum!
>>7451922
Is it actually a yam or is it really a sweet potato? If it's one of the orange-inside sweet potatoes, skin it, cube it, and toss it with pineapple chunks, melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Then bake until fork tender. If it is whitish yellow inside, you are on your own.
>>7451928
What spices would be good?
>>7451939
Cumin might be tasty!
>>7451947
It feels pretty good too
![yam2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/va2TuS5.jpg "yam2[1].jpg")
Throw it into the over as is, take it out when it's soft all the way through, then munch on it whole like your favorite animu character.
>>7451957
I don't think the sweet potatoes that the japs cultivate are the same thing as the yams we get here.
>>7451963
It's all pretend, anon, it's all pretend...
>>7451951
Anon this is a blue board!
It's really orange inside so I guess it's a sweer potato.
>>7451947
I wouldn't know, why don't you try a sip ;o
>>7451922
>What the heck do I do with it?
Maybe you should have thought of that before you bought one.
http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/01/sweet-potato-sage-fried-egg-taco-kenji.html
>>7451994
Make fries either way
Baked sweet potato using this http://empoweredsustenance.com/bake-a-sweet-potato/
Add butter and cinnamon and sugar at the end. So good I'm jealous.
Oven wedges
Serve with chilli and cheese
>>7451951
Dad stop
>>7451922
i really like yam with beans and it goes nicely with any vegetable really. goes well with warm spicy seasoning like coriander and cumin. then put an egg or some chicken on it and cilantro
>>7451933
In America, or at least many parts of it, yam is essentially synonymous with sweet potato and the true yam is essentially unknown.
>>7451933
There are white sweet potatoes, too.
>>7451922
>>7451927
OP, no. Don't do this. Instead, stab it with a fork, and then bake for 1hr at 400F. Perfect sweet potatoes every time, and the skin peels off the flesh much more easily.
>>7451922
what's the difference between yams and sweet potato? looks exactly like sweet potato.
anyways mash that with rutabaga and chili, add some butter and salt and it's gonna be delicious. i might be forgetting about one ingredient though
Put it in the oven for 45min at 400.
Put butter on it.
Breakfast.
>>7451922
>Cube it and put it on a sheet tray, if you want, with other root vegetables (acorn squash is fantastic with this, as well as carrots, parsnips, turnips, pumpkin, celeriac, whatever)
>Add coriander powder, cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg, salt, pepper, and a bit of brown sugar
>Add pats of coconut oil throught the tray
>Bake low and slow for an hour
Pic related is the result, not the best photo. Sweet potatoes and acorn squash cooked this way and serve with a seared pork loin topped with a sauce of plum jam, red wine vinegar, brandy, and whole grain mustard.
>>7453755
I do the same except i cover the veggies in extra virgin olive oil, minced garlic, sprinkle of rosemary, sprinkle of thyme, black pepper + salt. Then use your hands and mix it all up till everything is evenly coated.
>>7451922
that aint a yam, stupid burgers
I do a one quater sweet carrot, three quater sweet potato mash with star anise to serve duck on
they also make good chips, but they arn't as firm as potato after cooking so you really have to put heat on them
you can use them in place of regular potato in any recipe, but often they don't suit because of their saturating sweetness
they also work well in a summer salad
>rarely sell sweet potatoes in my country
>had them a few weeks ago at the supermarket for cheap
>eat so much at the beginning that I'm burnt out on them
>don't eat any for like 2 weeks
>crave some now
>they don't sell them anymore
fuck me, I want to live in burgerland, sweet potatoes are just superior to normal ones for almost anything
cut it into small cubes and fry it up with diced pork belly or bacon
sweet potato and bacon is a killer combo trust me
