Each Thursday, we round up a selection of tidbits from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week.
- They answer the age-old question, what is the difference between a yam and a sweet potato?
- Earlier this week, we weighed in on Starbucks' new breakfast item, the Piadini. The YumSugar team has done an exhaustive taste test of all of their breakfast offerings.
- Dunkin' Donuts is offering up a recession breakfast special.
- Looking for a tasty and wholesome dinner? How about broccoli soup with cheddar toasts?
- Slow cookers are perfect for lazy weekends. Try this chicken and sweet potato stew.
- The USDA is now requiring country of origin labeling.
10-02-2008 @1:25PM NYCubsFan said... Too bad the information they posted on yams vs. sweet potatoes is entirely inaccurate. Most people don't realize that almost everything they see (and everything grown in the U.S.) is a sweet potato.
Here is a better explanation: http://www.ncsweetpotatoes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89&Itemid=230
I was in a supermarket a few months ago and asked the produce guy the difference, and he gave a similar explanation as YumSugar. At the same time he was stocking a display labeled "yams" from a box labeled "sweet potatoes", which he had no explanation for.
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10-02-2008 @4:55PM Rt said... Great link NY, more info than I have seen before. Still, the article noted some of the differences - the texture of the skin and country of origin, for instance. They do disagree on things like moisture content but that doesn't make them "entirely inaccurate". You have to remember, these sites are marketing blogs and generally for the masses who care little for facts.
My beef was with the use of the pitch "Responding to the economic hardship, breakfast chain Dunkin' Donuts has come out with its version of a recession deal.". If you have that much money to spen on a breakfast you haven't hit bottom yet. The old joke goes, "a recession is when your neighbor loses their job, a depression is when you lose yours".
I know there are many people too lazy to shop and cook but then they are not poor, yet. It will be interesting to see if the US has a second 'great depression' in a century. "Recession deal" indeed. Internet viral marketing I say.
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