Most People Are Making Candied Yams Wrong! Try These Old Southern Tricks

📖 Get Cora-Lee's Table, all my cooking in one book: https://mrscoralee.com If your candied yams come out mushy, hard in the middle, or swimming in a thin watery syrup, three plain things went wrong before they ever hit the table. Here are the seven old Southern tricks that fix it. In this video: 1. Why you never boil them first 2. Half an inch, and every slice the same 3. Real butter, and why margarine separates 4. Building the syrup on the stove, then turning it off 5. Covering with foil 6. Basting halfway through 7. The ten minutes that turn the syrup to glaze Plus the honest words on watery syrup, mushy and hard slices, and the marshmallow argument. If this helped you, subscribe. It does not cost you a thing and it keeps me talking. #candiedyams #southerncooking #soulfood #thanksgiving #southernkitchen