`  :Well, ``candied yams`` are a very American phenomenon, and it's significant because much of the time (but not always) what is called candied yams are actually sweet potatoes.  Moving this info to the page on yam creates imbalance in the article (since, in the global scheme of things, American ``candied yams`` are trivial, but now take up 1/3 of the article.  And since they are not actually yam (for the most part) one wonders if that info belongs there at all.  I'm not arguing to keep this page as it is - there is duplicate info here about yam - but since candied yams are usually not yam, then maybe it should not be on the yam page.   `