I know that technically they are not potatoes. Not my question. Can I feed the dogs yams instead of sweet potatoes, as Em suggests? I ask because someone (besides Em) said they are hard...and whatever I see in the stores doesn't look "gnawable" to me...just edible. I don't really like yams/sweets except prepared in a very few ways......... P Stormy435@xxxxxxx wrote: >Couldn't stand it any longer :-) > >Sweet potatoes are not "potatoes" >Sweet potatoes are actually a completely different vegetable than regular >potatoes. They are not even in the same botanical family. While each is an >important vegetable, deserving of a place in a healthy diet, these two foods >feature >different tastes and unique nutritional benefits. Sweet potatoes are >considered an 'anti-diabetic food', offering a host of nutrients and an >impressive >array of antioxidants. They taste delicious, are easy to prepare and can be >used >in a variety of dishes, even in some that call for white potatoes. > >And >Several decades ago, when orange-fleshed sweet potatoes were introduced in >the southern United States, producers and shippers desired to distinguish them >from the more traditional, white-fleshed types. The African word nyami, >referring to the starchy, edible root of the Dioscorea genus of plants, was >adopted >in its English form, yam. Yams in the U.S. are actually sweetpotatoes with >relatively moist texture and orange flesh. Although the terms are generally >used >interchangeably, the U.S. Department of Agriculture requires that the label >"yam" always be accompanied by "sweetpotato." The following information >outlines >several differences between sweetpotatoes and yams. > > > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================