Camote in Colombia?

dwr says on Jun 12, 2008, 09:33:

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morphus says on Jun 12, 2008, 09:57:

Goes great with ceviche.

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elmodefoque says on Jun 12, 2008, 09:58:

hey morphe , i went to dolce vida. lots of fine looking broads.

any colombianita willing to date me, IS UP TO NO GOOD

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Gator says on Jun 12, 2008, 09:59:

Sweet Potato or a yam In colombia it is a batata-all the stores carry this item.

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dwr says on Jun 12, 2008, 10:00:

Cool. Thanks! Batata

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morphus says on Jun 12, 2008, 10:02:

Elmo, did you see a lot of mongers?

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huskie says on Jun 14, 2008, 06:58:

I have never seen sweet potatoes or yams in Colombia
Cheers

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Gator says on Jun 14, 2008, 12:25:

right, they are called batata

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huskie says on Jun 14, 2008, 15:28:

I don't think they are the same, batata, and yams or sweet potatoes
cheers

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webmanco says on Jun 14, 2008, 16:03:

Boniato

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 14, 2008, 16:28:

not

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Gator says on Jun 14, 2008, 18:39:

It aint a gringo sweet potato

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webmanco says on Jun 14, 2008, 20:30:

http://www.produceoasis.com/Items_folder/Vegetables/Boniato.html

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huskie says on Jun 15, 2008, 08:10:

That is a sweet potato or yam (picture above) but never seen them in Colombia. The times I have spent in Colombia for Christmas, I have always wanted to make a sweet potato casserole, and never been able to find them.
Cheers

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dwr says on Jun 15, 2008, 13:54:

I just got back from the open market Codabas. They had what they called batata but they were very small. As big as a large finger. That photo above are Yams. They had them at the market and called them yames.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 15, 2008, 14:10:

they are not Yams, sweet potatoes and yams are totally different things

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Papi de Alejo says on Jun 15, 2008, 14:21:

Kat, when I lived in the British West Indies, there was something that I knew as yams which is completely different from the yams that they have in the US. It appears to me that in the US, sweet potatoes and yams are very closely related. In the West Indies, and I suppose in the UK, yams and sweet potatoes are very different.

PdA

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 15, 2008, 14:31:

yams is what we call in Colombia ñame, is the same texture as a potato but a bit softer and not as sweet as sweet potato, it's use a lot on the coast of Colombia very rarely on the interior ( Bogota, medellin cali etc)

we use it in Mote de queso instead of potatoes also it's great with suero

from the outside looks a bit like a Yuca,, but taste different, i have seen it here in the UK and they also call it yams

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 15, 2008, 14:35:

Here it is, this is what we call Yam or ñame

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dwr says on Jun 15, 2008, 14:57:

Now I feel like an idiot. The guy was saying ñame and I understood Yame for Yams. hehe

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dwr says on Jun 15, 2008, 14:59:

My original questions remains unanswered though. In Peru they eat Camote. It is delicious with their ceviche. What are camote in Colombia? Do they exist. Is it this ñame? The batatas did not look anything like camote Peruano.

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dwr says on Jun 15, 2008, 15:05:

Those are what I brought home today Kat1. Have you ever been to Codabas on the septima con 170? Great market

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Papi de Alejo says on Jun 15, 2008, 15:06:

Yes Kat, that's the one that I know in the West Indies as either "Yam" or "kacha yam" don't know how they spell it. While sweet, it is not as sweet as the yams or sweet potatoes that they have in the US.

PdA

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huskie says on Jun 15, 2008, 15:26:

Kat, in the US, yams and sweet potatoes are the same! They are pictured above by Webmanco, the one in your picture,dunno what it is, but is not yams or sweet potatoes
Cheers

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 15, 2008, 15:55:

Huskey, here in the UK yams and ñame are the same, sweet potatoes is the ones in webmanco's pict.. that's why the confusion

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