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- Subject: Re: Request: Candied Yams How-to
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- From: jf@pacnet.wesleyan.edu (JOHN FINN)
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:13:17 GMT
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- In article <1ej61gINNc3e@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> ballt@ucs.orst.edu (Teresa Ball) writes:
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- >Well, I don't like the regular candied yam, but yams do not taste at
- >all like okra. The way I fix yams (other than plain with butter) is:
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- >cook 2 to 3 yams in boiling water and pour water off when yams are cooked.
- >Drain 1 can (8 slice size) of pinapple rings into the yams. Mash the
- >yams with the pinapple juice, adding about 1/2 cup honey and 1/2 cup
- >molasses. To taste, add dark rum (best is 160 proof, but 80 proof
- >will work). Lay the pinapple rings on a tray and put a portion of the
- >yams on each pinapple ring. Top with a half a marachino (sp) cherry.
- >Serve. And Enjoy.
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- >Terry
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- This sounds like what my sis in law desires! Would you say it's sweeter (or
- less) than a standard candied yams dish?
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- Thanks!
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- John E. Finn
- Wesleyan University
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