This vegetable is known as a sweet potato.
In some cultures it may be referred to as a yam but it is known widely as a sweet potato.
The skin can vary in colour from red, brown or purple.
She always cooked with sweet potatoes.
It was a tasty sweet potato pie.
I hope that helps!
この[野菜](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/33933/)は"sweet potato"として知られています。
一部の文化では"yam"としても知られていますが、一般的に受け入れられているのは "sweet potato"です。
皮はとてもカラフルで赤や茶、紫などがあります。
例
She always cooked with sweet potatoes.
（彼女はいつもサツマイモを[料理](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/4548/)します）
It was a tasty sweet potato pie.
（とってもおいしいサツマイモパイでした）
I love sweet potatoes.
（私はサツマイモが大好きです）
お役に立てれば幸いです!
White potatoes..."The common or garden variety" ... is not the same plant at all;-)
Sweet potatoes & White potatoes have nutritional differences; however one isn't
necessarily better than the other;-D
Sweet potatoes have more fiber and vitamin A, but white potatoes are higher in
essntial minerals, such as iron, magnesium, and potassium.
▪Sweet potato
The sweet potato is large, starchy, sweet-tasting, root vegetable.
Example
a. Hey, would you like to have some sweet potato fries?
b. Do you like sweet potatoes?
▪Sweet potato (サツマイモ）
"sweet potato"とは、大きくてでんぷん質の甘い根菜ですよね。
例
a. Hey, would you like to have some sweet potato fries?
（やあ、サツマイモフライ食べたいですか？）
b. Do you like sweet potatoes?
（サツマイモ好きですか？）
In English, a potato which is sweet and has a bright orange or purplish color is called
a sweet potato.
For example:
>Last night we had some sweet potatoes with our dinner.
Sometimes, people also call a sweet potato a 'yam'.
For example
>My friend's mother cooks the best-boiled yams!
Yam is a term used mainly in the United States and comes from an African word 'nyami' which means sweet potato.
英語では甘く、明るいオレンジ又は紫色をしたイモはsweet potatoと呼ばれています。
例文
Last night we had some sweet potatoes with our dinner.
昨晩夕食にサツマイモをいくつか食べた
サツマイモを 'yam'.と言うこともあります。
例文
My friend's mother cooks the best-boiled yams!
友人のお母さんが、サツマイモをとても上手に蒸してくれた
Yam は、主にアメリカで使われる語で、甘いイモを意味する'nyami'というアフリカの語に由来します。
---> Sweet potatoes are vegetables that look like large ordinary potatoes but taste sweet. They have pinkish-brown skins and yellow flesh.
- Cut into cubes and boil a large sweet potato.
-Serve with sweet potatoes roasted in the skins while the stew cooks
-Wash the sweet potatoes and bake whole until soft.
-Dish these up with roasted sweet potato wedges and extra lime wedges.
---> Sweet potatoes（さつまいも）は普通のジャガイモのように見えますが甘いです。
サツマイモはピンク色が買った、茶色のような皮で中身は黄色です。
- Cut into cubes and boil a large sweet potato.
（大きいサツマイモをサイコロ目に切りゆでる）
-Serve with sweet potatoes roasted in the skins while the stew cooks
（シチューを料理している間に皮を焼いたサツマイモと提供する）
-Wash the sweet potatoes and bake whole until soft.
（サツマイモを洗ってから柔らかくなるまで焼く）
-Dish these up with roasted sweet potato wedges and extra lime wedges.
（くし形に切ったサツマイモとライムをお皿に盛りつける）
Sweet potato
- It is most widely known as a sweet potato, if you want to be more descriptive you could say "sweet potato with purple skin". Both are correct.
Yam
- In the U.S.A. a lot of people refer to sweet potatoes as yams even though they're not really yams. But in the US they're considered to be pretty much the same thing. If you called this vegetable a yam no one would blink an eye at you. Also if someone tells you they're making yams, they probably mean they're making sweet potatoes.
Sweet potato（さつまいも）
さつもいもという意味の一番知られている単語です。もっと詳細に言いたい場合、"sweet potato with purple skin"（紫の皮のさつまいも）と言えます。両方正しいです。
Yam（さつまいも）
yamではないのに、アメリカではさつまいもを表す単語としてよく使われている単語です。しかし、アメリカではこの２つはどちらもほぼ同じものとされています。さつまいもをyamと言っても誰も驚きません。また、誰かがyamを栽培しているといった場合、だいたいsweet potatoes(さつまいも)の場合が多いです。
"Hey Susan! Do you wantb to know my secret?"
"What secret is taht then?"
"How I get my mash potato to taste so brilliant!"
"Ummm, OK. How dom you do that? Add milk and butter, I suppose?"
"Well, yes, I add milk and butter and salt and pepper ,- but also one or two sweet potatoes."
"Why do you do that?"
"It makes the mixture a little sweeter, of course...but also adds a little colour."
"I'll try that myself next time!"
会話例：
"Hey Susan! Do you want to know my secret?"
（ねえ、スーザン！私の秘密を知りたいですか？）
"What secret is that then?"
（どんな秘密ですか？）
"How I get my mash potato to taste so brilliant!"
（とってもおいしいマッシュポテトをどんなふうに作るかです）
"Ummm, OK. How dom you do that? Add milk and butter, I suppose?"
（えっと、どうしたらいいの？牛乳とバターを加えてみたらいいのですか？）
"Well, yes, I add milk and butter and salt and pepper
,- but also one or two sweet potatoes."
（まあ、はい、私は牛乳とバターと塩と胡椒を加えるだけでなく、
1つか2つのサツマイモを加えます。）
"Why do you do that?"
（どうしてそんな風にするのですか？）
"It makes the mixture a little sweeter, of course...but also adds a little colour."
（もちろん、混ぜると少し甘くなります...それから少し色を付けます）
"I'll try that myself next time!"
（次回、試してみますね！）
Satsumaimo is called "Sweet potato" in English. So when you speak about it, you can say:
-I prefer grilled sweet potato chips because they are healthier and taste better.
-I don't like sweet potato.
さつまいものことを英語では "Sweet potato" と言います。
例：
-I prefer grilled sweet potato chips because they are healthier and taste better.
ヘルシーでおいしいので、グリルしたサツマイモチップスの方が好きです。
-I don't like sweet potato.
さつまいもが好きではありません。
Native speakers call it sweet potatoes.
The singular term is sweet potato and if it is more that one we say "sweet potatoes"
- My favorite vegetable is sweet potatoes.
ネイティブスピーカーはこれを 'sweet potato' といいます。
単数形は 'sweet potato'、二つ以上あれば 'sweet potatoes' となります。
- My favorite vegetable is sweet potatoes.（好きな野菜はサツマイモです）
Sweet potato skin can be white, yellow, red, purple or brown, and the flesh can be white, yellow, orange or purple.
Sweet potato is delicious and so many different dishes can be made using it as the main ingredient.
As its name explains, it is sweet in taste and it has a soft, potato-like texture.
Flesh: the part of the fruit you eat, inside the skin/peel
Texture: what something feels like
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