benefits of yams

Yams are available in the market year around. Fresh tubers, however, are available in plenty by August when the annual harvest season begins at the end of the rainy season in western Africa. Aandnew yam festivalandcelebrated in symbolism to fresh crop and availability of fresh food in abundance all over Nigeria and Ghana with great fervor. In the super-markets generally you find small cut sections wrapped in thin plastic covers. Their interior meat is white to light pink depending up on the cultivar type with rich starchy flavor.