1, different places of origin. Ginger potato is a specialty of Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, China. During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Huilai County Records was recorded as ginger.
2. Different shapes, Chaoyang ginger potato is similar to yam, but there are many differences: Chaoyang ginger potato tuber is smaller and shorter than yam, cylindrical but irregular, with a round head and a round tail, and many fibrous roots on the head. Ginger potato skin is brown, thin and white, and it is milky white after peeling; Rich in mucilage, very smooth after peeling; After being sliced, it can be eaten by boiling water for a short time.
3, eat differently. Chaoyang people are very particular about eating ginger and potatoes. There are potato chip soup made by slicing and boiling in boiling water for a while. The potato chips in the soup are slightly curled, and there are stewed ginger potatoes made by cutting into potato pieces, adding white sugar and lard and slowly cooking with slow fire, which tastes sweet and delicious. There are five kinds of fruits, such as peach, apricot and persimmon, which are cooked and mashed into mud, mixed with sugar and steamed at any time.
Ginger potato yam
A kind of potato in Chaoshan area of eastern Guangdong, also known as Xiaohuaishan in some areas. The boiled soup is sticky, slippery and sweet, so it is loved by all ages. It is mainly produced in Chaoyang and Huilai areas of Chaoshan, among which the most famous is the ginger potato in Yanqian Village, Baxiang Town, Xiqiao Town, Chaoyang District.
Yam, a plant of Dioscorea in Dioscoreaceae, is twined with herbaceous vines. Tubers are long cylindrical and grow vertically. Stems are usually purplish red, dextral, and glabrous. Simple leaves, alternate at the lower part of the stem, opposite above the middle part.