On November 25, a yam and taro contest crowned the largest yam of 2009, in South-West China.
As one of the biggest yam and taro supplier in China, Anhe Township held the seventh annual Yam King Contest. Farmers from all around the area brought their biggest harvested yams hoping they’ll snatch the title of yam King 2009.
The winner of the contest was a 1.66 meters-long yam that weighed 38 kilograms. I bet that’s big enough to feed the farmer’s whole family for a long time.
via Xinhua
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I harvested a Yam which weighs 90 pounds, or 41 kilograms, last December 28 2009 in my patio in Panama, in Alcalde Diaz, near the capital city of Panama. It is called “ñame baboso”, the best yam known.