Okay, this is the most recent Recipe Thread

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Yes, should be fine with candied yams. There is a terminological kerfuffle about yam vs. sweet potato in marketing them in cans. Something about the latter getting called the former a lot. Wiki, maybe...?

Yes, from here. An excerpt:

The sweet potato is very distinct from the actual yam, which is native to Africa and Asia and belongs to the monocot family Dioscoreaceae. To prevent confusion, the United States Department of Agriculture requires that sweet potatoes labeled as "yams" also be labeled as "sweet potatoes".

FWIW... sigh.