BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Many of the old Creole cooks referred to the meat of the cushaw, a green and white, striped crookneck pumpkin, simmered in sugar and spices, as Juirdmon. This mixture can ...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pour off half the liquid from the can of yams and discard. Place the remaining liquid and the yams into a baking dish. Add the vanilla. Stir but do not mash the yams. Need ...

Many people associate candied yams with Thanksgiving, and while they do make for quite the decadent side dish, they really are a tasty side year-round. Dad gunned down in confrontation over graffiti ...

I’ve always been in love with sweet potatoes. It’s a love affair that has matured over the years. As a sweet-struck child, I was infatuated with the dishes that most resembled dessert: the holiday ...

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Instead of doing things the way they’ve always been done, here are recipes for Thanksgiving 2020 that throw tradition out the window — at least just this once — and show how the classics can be much ...

1) Peel and dice your sweet potatoes, then place them in a casserole dish. Pre-heat your oven to 350. 2) Slowly melt 2 sticks of butter in a pot on low heat. Cut them in half so they’ll melt faster.