[ noun ] fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream <noun.food>
Succotash \Suc"co*tash\, n. [Narragansett Indian m'sickquatash corn boiled whole.] Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians. [Written also {suckatash}.]
We celebrate the legacy with succotash, the hearty corn and beans dish created long before nutritionists talked of balancing carbohydrates and proteins.
The Japanese now own the Publick House inn and run the food concession at historic Old Sturbridge Village, but the venerable Yankee institutions promise tofu and sushi won't replace turkey and succotash.