Although yams and sweet potatoes are both angiosperms (flowering plants), they are not related botanically. Yams. Yams are closely related to lilies and grasses. Native to Africa and Asia, yams vary in size from that of a small potato to a record 130 pounds (as of 1999).
For most that see this recipe itâs not Kau Yuk as much as Kau âYUCKâ. Fatty belly pork (uncured bacon) cooked three times, in three separate ways, to make the fat appear meaty. Flavored with a fermented red bean curd. Itâs one of my husbandâs favorite comfort foods that I will only make for him maybe once a year.
Coconut fat is in the form of medium-chain fatty acids which are rarely found in any other âfatâ food source. This special group of fatty acids is extremely healthy for the body. In fact, the fatty acid present in coconut, lauric acid, is the same as that present in a human motherâs milk.These fatty acids are easy to digest, and they direct end up in the liver where they are burnt up to create body fuel.They are not stored up in the adipose tissue and hence donât contribute to âfatteningâ.n fact, the fatty acid present in coconut, lauric acid, is the same as that present in a human motherâs milk. These fatty acids are easy to digest, and they direct end up in the liver where they are burnt up to create body fuel. They are not stored up in the adipose tissue and hence donât contribute to âfatteningâ.