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succotash

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈsʌkəˌtæʃ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Narragansett msíckquatashbor. English succotash Borrowed from Narragansett msíckquatash (“boiled corn kernels”).

  1. A stew made from kernels of corn, lima beans, tomatoes and sometimes peppers.

    “Some of their modes of cookery have been adopted, and are retained. [...] [T]heir nokehike, which is corn parched and pounded, their ſuckataſh, which is a mixture of corn and beans boiled, are much uſed, and very palatable.”

    “This lordly dish is made of oak, and will contain about six quarts, which was indeed a goodly quantity, whether of nokehike, appoon, nausamp, or sukketash, for the breakfast of his tawny majesty.”