Cookbook:Succotash

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Succotash - A recipe with a great name.

Ingredients

• 2 quarts shelled lima beans
• 24 ears of corn cut off the cob
• 1 pound of pickled pork (typically omitted)
• 2 tablespoons sugar (can be omitted)
• 2 tablespoons butter (can be omitted or olive oil substituted)
• pepper

Procedure

If using pork, cover pork with water, and parboil it; add beans; then add corn, sugar, butter, and pepper to taste. After corn is added, watch carefully to keep from scorching. Serve.

Notes, tips, and variations

A red bell pepper (chopped) can be added.

References

• Mrs. S. A. Powers, “New England Succotash” in Recipes Tried and True at Project Gutenberg