The difference between tobacco potatoes and sweet potatoes:
1. The taste is different.
Sweet potato is also known as sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, potato, sweet potato, red potato, etc. It is a large category with many varieties, and tobacco potato is also called "Yanshu No. 25". It is bred through hybrid technology and is a new high-quality sweet potato variety. Compared with sweet potatoes, tobacco potatoes have stronger disease resistance, so the yield will be higher. Moreover, tobacco potatoes contain higher sugar content, which is more suitable for baking. After baking, they taste softer and waxier. , sweet, delicate, and "oil leakage" will occur.
2. The water content is different.
Tobacco potato 25 has a relatively high water content, so it is suitable for roasting, but not suitable for steaming. Otherwise, it will be soft and sugary when eaten when roasted. The flesh of sweet potatoes is hard when eaten roasted, and it is best to eat them steamed
3. The appearance is different.
Yanshu 25 has a distinctive feature in appearance, which is that there are blood vessel-like protrusions on the surface. The surface of other sweet potatoes is relatively smooth.
Things to note when choosing sweet potatoes:
1. Selection of shape and taste. Sweet potatoes are generally divided into yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes and white-fleshed sweet potatoes. Yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes are longer and sweeter, while white-fleshed sweet potatoes are fatter, have dark red or purple skin, are rich in starch, and taste sweet and noodle-like. You can choose according to your own taste.
2. Choose fresh sweet potatoes. Generally, you should choose sweet potatoes with a clean, smooth, good shape, hard and shiny appearance; do not buy sweet potatoes that have sprouted or uneven surfaces, as that means they are no longer fresh; if there are small black holes on the surface of the sweet potatoes, it means that the inside of the sweet potatoes has rotted.
3. Choose sweet potatoes that are easy to preserve. Do not buy sweet potatoes that have sprouts, bumps, or wounds on the surface. The kind with small black holes on the surface indicates that the inside of the sweet potato is rotten, so it is best not to buy it.