Dave Smith presented the following explanation :
> On 2019-11-21 9:11 a.m., Gary wrote:
>
>>> I can eat a bite to be polite, provided they have no sugar.
>>
>> They don't need sugar. Odd that a popular Thanksgiving
>> dish is the one with brown sugar and marshmallows on top.
>
> That was the candied yams I was once fed and which turned me off yams for
> about 40 years.
>
And the marshmallows too.