What you'll learn in this episode?
What are Black folks' Southern candied yams?
Although more sweet than savory, candied yams are a side dish often topped with marshmallows after cooking in a buttery mix of seasonings and spices that elevate this soul food dish to divine perfection!
Are candied yams a Black thing?
What is the history of Southern candied yams?
Yams are a vegetable similar to sweet potatoes but come from the motherland in Africa.
Africans were used to cooking with yams. So when they were brought to the American South as enslaved persons, the next best thing available was a sweet potato, which they also called yams.
True to Black folks' nature, they took something from nothing and elevated yams to the soul food delicacy many people love and crave today. Black folks' Southern candied yams!
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