Possible Clues:

• Vegetable needing a month to come up
• Candied holiday serving
• Tuber that can be candied
• Turkey side
• Sweet and starchy veggie
• Tuberous veggie
• This might for the present be eaten back there
• Enough food for one month back there
• This might for the present be one month back for food
• You get a tuber a month back after April