I remember in the past, I bought "Asian yams" from my local grocery store and they turned out to be Japanese sweet potatos which turned out to be delicious.
So recently when I saw them again, I bought a few, wrapped them in foil, and baked them the same way. But they tasted disgusting and were definitely the wrong color (yellow/red rather than that vibrant yellow)
So I cut one open raw, and can only assume its a completely different type of potato. Does anyone recognize this?
by NegativelyMagnetic
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They are the right colour on the inside for purple sweet potato, looks exactly what I cooked with tonight. No idea why they tasted bad they should be sweet, maybe a bad batch or they’ve gone off??
Yams there very healthy steamed them or boiled like a potato there delicious
Looks like ube sweet potatoes.
Purple variety sweet potatoes. Suppose to have higher nutritional content.
Edit: there’s a variety with red skin and white-yellow flesh, this chestnut flavoured variety is amazing, good moisturise content and balanced starches. There’s another variety with pale yellow white skin and white flesh, starchy, nutty sweet as well. The American Covington variety is redskin with yellow/orange flesh, sweet, and has high moisture content.
This looks like a [Northern Ruby](https://www.potatopro.com/potato-varieties/northern-ruby), which is a cultivar of *non-sweet* potato despite its appearance.
Could be wrong though.