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What's
the fastest growing family holiday controversy? A growing candied yams
controversy is quietly dividing more families, especially around holiday
tables. No, it's not formed around political opinions or religious
views, that would be too obvious. The controversy is around candied
yams, one of the most famous holiday side dishes of all time. The
sticking point comes from the traditional recipes of the past vs.
healthier versions. And it's affecting more families than you an
imagine.
Old School vs. New School
The older family members want to stick to the traditional recipes they
learned and enjoyed in their childhood and youth. The younger health
conscious family members continue to lean toward healthier versions of
this popular side dish. Both sides are drawing the lines in the sand
more than you could imagine and the battle lines are often drawn in the
kitchen and spreading all the way out to the holiday dinner table and
beyond.
The Story of The New Bride and The Mother-in-Law
The feuds are especially drawn with new brides and the new
mother-in-law. As you could imagine, nothing is more nerve racking than
the first holiday meal prepared by the new bride.
Add the fact of having a new bride whose health conscious and cooks
like it, and a new mother in law whose traditional recipe to the core,
in fact it's not a holiday meal unless all the dishes contain high
amounts of butter and sugar, etc. That itself can spell a recipe for
kitchen controversy of the highest magnitude, a quiet war could erupt as
easy as lighting a gasoline soaked match.
The traditional version is hands down the tastiest, most sumptuous and
flavorful. But the drawback is the calories it contains. Why? Because
it's usually loaded with white and brown sugar, butter, salt and other
calorie loading ingredients.
The Best of Both Worlds Solution
On the other hand the healthier version contains lighter ingredients,
such as less or not butter, less or no sugar and no salt, to name a few.
Instead many of the traditional ingredients are substituted by yogurt,
organic honey, orange juice, lemon and other less or non fattening, low
calorie ingredients. The healthier version is not as robust as the
traditional, but is much lighter, healthier with less calories.
These two camps continues to quietly grow as more families fight this
silent battle. Many form quiet protest by not eating the particular dish
others avoid the meal entirely or eat before they go to the family
meal.
Perhaps to stop this family feud both sides should try and compromise.
They're many candied yam recipes online that help you to combine the
health benefits and still maintain the robust flavors of the traditional
versions.
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