Silly poll: Casserole or Candied?

[mkate710]

In my family, it's yams hot dish. The aunt that makes it is from eastern WA.

[emyinpink]

sweet potato casserole. grew up in cali, but my grandparents grew up in nyc.

[madDawg228]

SS: My family just calls it Sweet Potatoes, even though it's the Candied Yam/Casserole dish. My family is from Northwestern WA.

ETA: Also, it depends on who makes the dish that year, but whether it is made with yams or sweet potatoes (and marshmallows/sugar) it's ALWAYS called Sweet Potatoes, nothing more.

[jennlin]

i call it candied yams. my family doesn't eat it..we never have...i first heard of it like 3 years ago, and it was called candied yams.

[Deleted]

We've usually called it marshmallow yams...we don't make it in my family.

[BlackCanary]

Sweet potato casserole.

My family would make it when we lived in Texas, we called it sweet potato casserole.

[niq]

I swear we called this "Sweet Potato Soufflee"

Candied yams is something very different. You basically peel the Yams/Sweet Potatoes (yes I know those are different things but set that aside), then cook them to death in butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, etc.

EDIT: I grew up in Georgia with parents from Georgia and South Carolina.

[jennlin]

I never heard of sweet potato casserole until today.

[Deleted]

Candied yams till the marshmallows are almost burnt, says this born and raise seattleite.

[InBetweenDays]

To me sweet potato casserole and candied yams are completely different. We make the sweet potato casserole every Thanksgiving, but it is souffled sweet potatoes/yams with a topping of brown sugar and walnuts. Candied yams (in my mind) are just sliced yams with syrup and marshmallows on top. A big fan of the former, not at all a fan of the latter.

I'm originally from Minnesota - but growing up we never had either the casserole or yams. We had rutabaga. And it was disgusting.