Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Can anybody tell me what the difference is between a sweet potato and a yam?

 

[Thomas]

No E muffin? Isn’t that a sin in your house?

Not good way to start my day.

 

[Thomas]

mostly_gas
Thomas, need pic of sign or it didn't happen.

 

[jbrumberg]

Bill- The two Canadian Weather sites that I access sometimes include the CONUS in their maps, but Canada does not expend the resources to parallel NOAA/NWS services. I will post that the Canadian CCM model has been one of the more reliable weather models so far this year. It's a major PITA to have that 49º cutoff. I agree about Toronto drivers. They are much worse than Beantown M@$$h*le$ and almost as bad as drivers around San Jose, Costa Rica.

BEF- I am in a similar situation. My iPhone defaults to NWS/Albany and my 2 Macs default to NWS/Boston-Norton. Once I got rid of my UHF/VHF antennae I no longer could get Albany/NY TV stations which had superior ProMets. Hopefully the fire stick that I got for my semi-smart TV will change things. Otherwise it will wait until we finally get broadband here someday. I am totally envious of your recent meals and desserts. My blood sugars probably elevate when I am reading what you are eating.

David- I am glad that you and Sophie had a good time at the social get-together.

 

[jbrumberg]

Can anybody tell me what the difference is between a sweet potato and a yam?

In the USA there is no difference due too USDA regulations. From Bon Appetite:

"“Sometimes life puts you at a crossroads: Do you buy yams or sweet potatoes? They often look identical, but I've found that "yams" can be as low as 79 cents per pound, while "sweet potatoes" cost $2.49 per pound. So, what's the difference between a sweet potato and a yam? At most grocery stores, absolutely nothing. It's all a facade! "Most of the so-called yams you see in American grocery stores are actually orange-fleshed sweet potatoes," explains Mary-Frances Heck, author of new cookbook Sweet Potatoes (and former BA staffer). The reason for the name mix-up, she explains, is because Louisiana sweet potato growers marketed their orange-fleshed as “yams” to distinguish from other states' produce in the 1930s—and it stuck.

Real yams are entirely different root vegetables that are more like yucca in texture and flavor. They have bumpy, tough brown skin (that looks almost tree trunk-like) with starchy, not sweet flesh. Yams are more easily compared to the texture and flavor of white russet potatoes (with more fiber and complex carbs) and are best boiled and served alongside hearty braised meats. The neutrally-flavored yams are often used in Caribbean or West African cooking, and are difficult to find in the U.S.; sometimes you can pick them up at specialty grocery stores.”

 

[Buppies]

Yams from Caribbean originally now 95 percent grown in Africa white colored inside more like potato, sweet potato flesh colored sweeter more natural sugar over 50 percent grown in North Carolina

 

[DABSGT]

Early start to the day before rain I finally fixed the wiring on the snow blower daughter's boyfriend took my heat gun back to me yesterday
, I gave him a small reminder on Christmas stopped at harbor freight and picked one up for him as one of his gifts.
Ronjhall had the dizziness with flowmax and rapaflo and neither worked very well anyway. Dr tried cialis low dose daily and seems to have done the trick. Only problem is explaining to the insurance that it is to Pee not for pleasure that's why it's a 30 day supply.
Mostly no CoQ10 it messed with triglycerides Dr took me off.
Temps dropping now 39 degs and sky clouding up guess rain is on the way.

 

[ronjhall]

After rain stopped. Heavy fog moved in. That did not stop woodpecker from coming to feeder.

 

[ronjhall]

Ronjhall had the dizziness with flowmax and rapaflo and neither worked very well anyway. Dr tried cialis low dose daily and seems to have done the trick. Only problem is explaining to the insurance that it is to Pee not for pleasure that's why it's a 30 day supply.

All I got was side effects no help with waking up at night to go.

 

[jbrumberg]

RonJH- Thanks for sharing your pics.

It gets worser and worser weather-wise here:

This strip chart sums it up rather nicely