Thanksgiving receipt

[SouthernBelle]

Generally speaking you can't buy real yams in the U.S. They are often quite huge, not potato sized at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_%28vegetable%29

[SadieKate]

Yeah, that's in that article above. That's why I said "what Amurcans call yams." What we call yams don't taste the same as what we call sweet potatoes.

[Zen]

Does anyone have a favorite receipt for baked sweet potatoes(or yams) with marshmallow ,brown sugar ,and walnuts. I've had it before ,but never knew how to make it.

I just bake em, whip 'em up in a bowl, then plop a couple of marshmallow peeps on top.
Maybe this year I'll get crazy and throw in a couple of circus peanuts.

[SadieKate]

Between you and bikerchick, I'm gonna be really ill . . . .

[xeney]

We eat ours roasted with olive oil, garlic, salt, and thyme. I thought I hated sweet potatoes until it finally occurred to me not to try to make them any sweeter.