Satsumaimo-Japanese yam question

JessicaRabbit

Okay, so I add cooked sweet potatoes to Ruby's food twice a day because the kid has the most incredible metabolism ever. Hilo and Miko each get a spoon full too just because it is yummy and makes them happy. Today I went to stock up on sweet potatoes and whole foods was out of regular ones, but had Japanese Yams which if my research is correct are also known as Satsumaimo. I peeled one and they are white, and smell nothing like sweet potatoes at all. I suddenly had the fear of oh god, what if they are toxic for dogs? I doubt they are but if someone didn't tell me years ago that grapes were toxic I would have assumed they were safe. So I am hoping someone here (maybe Shigeru?) has some experience with Satsumaimo and dogs before I peel and cook the 10lb/4.5kg that I bought.

shishiinu

Satsumaimo is usually white to slight yellow tint and has the same texture like a regular potato in its raw stage. satsumaimo has a red to burgandy outer peel. So you should be good with what you got. I dont think there is any issues giving cooked satsumaimo to your dog, I remember I used to feed it to my Dads dogs when i was a kid. We would cook them in a open fire by sticking them in side the hot kindlings and put a bit of butter on it.....Oh man was it good!

JessicaRabbit

So maybe I should save some for myself too..... Thanks Gen. I just didn't want to feed them anything I wasn't sure about. I am working a 12 hour day out of town tomorrow and Saturday and didn't want to experiment with dog sitters coming.

Sangmort

Oh! That's like arabic sweet potatoes My dad had the same reaction as you when he came to the states 30 years ago & saw sweet potatoes were "orange!" inside. lol In Syria, the inside is white. [ if you can find the white ones, they taste SOOOOOOO Good!!!! Better than the "orange" in my opinion! ]

I'm sure it's fine for the pups ~

tjbart17

Sweet potatoes helped Maymay go from 29 pds. to 39 pds. These sound good! I should get some.

shibamistress

Laughing at Tara's statement--because I certainly don't need my Shibas to gain weight! I feed them yams (the regular ones) occasionally when they have stomach upsets....

tjbart17

ha ha ha. Maymay was a bit underweight. It was a little sad when she came here.

JessicaRabbit

Ruby needs to eat a whole sweet potato every day (a big one) otherwise she gets so thin.

shishiinu

Satsumaimo is really hard to find here in Socal. I goto the Japanese market all the time and they never have it. Any recommendation for Japanese sweet yams?

JessicaRabbit

I found them at whole foods. Organic ones were the same price as regular sweet potatoes.

ayk

There's a Korean sweet potato which looks exactly like the above Japanese sweet potato.

In the San Diego area, hit the Korean market named Zion Market. It's located in Kearny Mesa, just a couple of blocks from Marukai Market.

http://zionmarket.com

It's a good bet that they'll carry them, especially around New Year's time.

TheWalrus

I feed those sweet potatoes in the picture Ann posted, to my dogs a lot. During the hunting season it's all I can do to keep weight on them. They're also great for human consumption. Bake 'em and throw some butter on 'em. Delicious.

JessicaRabbit

Awesome!

tjbart17

I tried giving Koda sweet potatoes this weekend. The kid just won't eat his veggies. This would help a lot with getting a couple more pds. on him. Lol. Jessica I even tried going to Whole Foods and buying these. They were good though! Maymay and I ended up being the only ones who ate them.