Succotash

Ingredients

• Lima beans
• green corn
• sufficient salt
• butter
• pepper

Method

1. 1

   Shell or string Lima beans and cut them into small pieces.

2. 2

   Cut corn from the cob, using one third more corn than beans.

3. 3

   Boil beans for twenty minutes, strain, mix with corn, cover with boiling water, add salt, and stew for half an hour.

4. 4

   Replace water with milk, add butter, pepper, and salt to taste, and stew for ten more minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from National viands à la mode (1895) by Harriet Anne de Salis, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Succutash. (American) Shell or string Lima beans and cut them into small pieces ; cut the green corn from the cob, using one third more corn than beans. Boil the beans for twenty minutes, then strain and mix with the corn. Cover them with boil- ing water ; add sufficient salt. Stew for half an hour, stirring frequently ; then pour off the water and replace it with milk, adding butter, pepper

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