How do you like your yams?

@GlassDog: True yams come from central Africa and are nothing like what we call yams here...I think the question was about sweet potatoes cause yams aren't too common in many other places besides Africa.

@cherokeepatti: Ahh, that makes sense. I've seen them in African restaurants here and they have white flesh. I guess I just assumed they were the same in America and I never connected the dots that yams on American TV are all the colour of sweet potatoes. The odd thing is, my answer was based on the African yam, because they do it in a stew. :)

@GlassDog: They grow very well in some countries in Africa (one of the most productive root crops) and they have something in them that is said to be responsible for the high rate of twins in Nigeria. I've heard they have a dry texture and they eat a dish made with boiled okra in order to help swallow it.

@cherokeepatti: It's always interesting to talk to you about food. You have a very open mind about it. I had no idea about the twins thing. Interesting!

@GlassDog: It's kind of ironic, the country is densely populated and more twins each generation and the yams are productive too...

@cherokeepatti: I wonder if it really is the cassava causing the twins or whether it's genetic. People in the UK always think twins run in families.

@GlassDog: There are different reasons for twins. The yam has a plant hormone in it which increases the chances. I've known two women who had polycystic ovary syndrome and some months they wouldn't ovulate and the next month two eggs...they both had twins.

@cherokeepatti: Ahh, yes, of course. Fraternal twins.