What is the difference between red yams compared to yams? My wife is considered the guru of potato salad and scalloped potatoes in the family. She found a recipe that included yams mixed with scallop...
You're talking about red sweet potatoes versus the more yellow harder sweet potatoes. The "red" sweet potatoes have more sugar and more flavor and are not as hard as the pale or yellow ones. I don't raise them ,just eat them and have forgotten long ago what Dad told me about the technical stuff.