CULTURETECHLENSCandied yams
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Combined Graph record U-01007 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0607. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Candied yams are sweet potatoes ('yams' in US usage) that are buttered and candied with sugar; The Ringer's history, citing culinary historian Adrian Miller's 'Soul Food,' traces the earliest forms of candied yams to enslaved chefs combining the French practice of sugaring vegetables with their own cooking. Stored key ingredients (sweet potatoes, sugar, butter) established.
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Candied yams are sweet potatoes ('yams' in US usage) that are buttered and candied with sugar; The Ringer's history, citing culinary historian Adrian Miller's 'Soul Food,' traces the earliest forms of candied yams to enslaved chefs combining the French practice of sugaring vegetables with their own cooking. Stored key ingredients (sweet potatoes, sugar, butter) established.
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- Also known as: candied sweet potatoes
- Work type: dish
- Category: sides
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- https://www.theringer.com/2021/11/24/food/yam-sweet-potato-american-history (verification source · master store)
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Candied yams are sweet potatoes ('yams' in US usage) that are buttered and candied with sugar; The Ringer's history, citing culinary historian Adrian Miller's 'Soul Food,' traces the earliest forms of candied yams to enslaved chefs combining the French practice of sugaring vegetables with their own cooking. Stored key ingredients (sweet potatoes, sugar, butter) established.
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