WHAT THE FORK?
Yam you sweet potato!!.
I love sweet potatoes. I don't care if they're white, orange, cream colored.
I love them all. I love them mashed, baked, broiled and fried.
So, I live near a huge Asian supermarket. I usually get really fresh seafood, Thai tea, prik ki nu peppers,
beautiful baby bok choy, lemongrass, chinese sausage, etc... They also have a great array of Taro Root, Edos
and yucca. I saw a sign that said "sweet yam". I thought it was the little white sweet potatoes or "boniato",
but these seemed smaller than usual. I picked one up and I thought it was spoiling since the flesh looked really dark. However, I noticed they were all like that. Then I noticed that were purple. 
Well, I had to buy some and check them out. I found these out to be called "Okinawan yam". The Filipinos call it "ube". And I remembered that I had these great ube delicacies when i worked in NYC. I had it at Elvie's this Filipino restaurant on 1st avenue and 13th street. Good food,love the chicken adobo.
I'm thinking this would be awesome for tempura. Blanched vegetables and seafood, dipped in batter then fried. Who can beat that?
I tried it and I'm completely hooked...like hooked.
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