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.
1 Kau Cim sticks (Chinese: ç°½, qian, cim, chim, chien): The flat sticks which are stored in the tube. 2  Generally made of bamboo, they resemble wide, flat incense sticks, and are often painted red at one end. 3  A single number, both in Arabic numerals and in Chinese characters, is inscribed on each stick. Kau Cim sticks (Chinese: ç°½, qian, cim, chim, chien): The flat sticks which are stored in the tube. 2  Generally made of bamboo, they resemble wide, flat incense sticks, and are often painted red at one end. 3  A single number, both in Arabic numerals and in Chinese characters, is inscribed on each stick.