[Sca-cooks] Re: weird veggie

[Terry Decker]

Brown and hairy sounds like a genuine yam rather than the sweet potatoes we
improperly refer to as "yams."

Bear
>I kept meaning to ask the list, but forgetting...  A month or so ago, I saw
a
>bizaare item in the vegetable store.  It was labelled "Yammie".  The item
>itself was brown and hairy, shaped like a yam or sweet potato, or perhaps
an
>eggplant, with a distinct stem.  The stem end and tip both were rather
>shiny-looking, as though they had been dipped into varnish....
>
>Anyone recognize this?
>     Devra