Succotash
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Succotash (from Narragansett msíckquatash, "boiled corn kernels"[1]) is a food dish consisting primarily of corn and lima beans or other shell beans.[1] Other ingredients may be added including tomatoes[2] and green or sweet red peppers.[3] Because of the relatively inexpensive and more readily available ingredients, the dish was popular during the Great Depression in the United States. It was sometimes cooked in a casserole form, often with a light pie crust on top as in a traditional pot pie. Succotash is a traditional dish of many Thanksgiving celebrations in New England[4] as well as in Pennsylvania and other states. In some parts of the American South, any mixture of vegetables prepared with lima beans and topped with lard or butter is called succotash. The native Americans in the eastern woodlands were the first to prepare this dish.
"Sufferin' succotash"
"Sufferin' succotash" is a catchphrase of the Warner Bros. cartoon cat Sylvester,[5] also used less often by Daffy Duck. The Depression-era exclamation is said to be a minced oath of "suffering savior".
References
- ^ a b "succotash". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ^ "succotash". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4 ed.). Houghton Mifflin Company. 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ^ "succotash". Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ^ Morgan, Diane and John Rizzo. The Thanksgiving Table: Recipes and Ideas to Create Your Own Holiday Tradition. Pg. 122.
- ^ Sylvester the Cat - A Favorite Cartoon Cat
Further reading
- Harper Fussell, Betty (2004). The Story of Corn. UNM Press. pp. 184–185. ISBN 0-8263-3592-6.
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