[Sca-cooks] Substitute for Potatoes?

[Judith Epstein]

On Aug 23, 2009, at 11:13 PM, Solveig Throndardottir wrote:

> Noble Cousin!
>
> Greetings from Solveig! Potatoes are from Peru. However, there are a  
> number of old world tubers available such as yams Dioscorea species  
> which originated in West Africa and Asia.
>
> Your Humble Servant
> Solveig Throndardottir
> Amateur Scholar

Yes, and I fully intend to use yams in my Period cooking.