Can you give me the origins and history of the dish called Succotash?

Question

Can you give me the origins and history of the dish called Succotash?

Answer 1

originated in New England

colonists just mixed corn with lima beans, and some bacon fat

thats it!

Answer 2

My understanding is that this is originally a Native American dish that combines beans and corn.

My experience with it is that it's often thought of as Southern cooking.  One version or another is usually among the recipes in just about every Southern or Soul Food cookbook I've ever seen.  Usually it's butter beans (fresh or frozen lima beans) and corn.

I grew up in Virginia and much of my family is from North Carolina.  Succotash was one of my mother's favorite side dishes.  Her version (that I still make) is baby lima beans and corn with stewed tomatoes and diced onion.  

Now that I live in the Southwestern United states,  I sometimes add a little heat. ( some chopped green chili or about 1/3 of an ancho chili diced).

Edit:  I've also eaten the version that uncle scotty posted.  Lima beans and corn seasoned with bacon fat.  Oh, that is so delicious.  Don't forget the corn bread.

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succotash

hi Ghost, i have it  for thanksgiving every year. i love it, it goes good with turkey and dressing. i hope you try it and like it as much as i do.

Answer 4

Virtually all the native people the colonists met in America made some version of succotash, a stew of corn and usually lima beans. The name itself comes from the Algonquin word for boiled corn kernels "msickquatash." Many slave groups in turn contributed their ingredients and transformed this basic corn mixture into many different versions of the dish.