Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A stew consisting of kernels of corn, lima beans, and tomatoes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A dish consisting of Indian corn (maize) and beans, variously prepared. The early settlers in New England and Virginia found it a favorite dish among the Indians. In winter it was and still is in some parts of New England prepared from hulled corn and dried beans, but it usually consists of green corn and beans, with or without a piece of salt pork or other meat.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians.
WordNet 3.0
- n. fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream
Etymologies
- Narragansett msíckquatash, boiled whole-kernel corn.
Examples
“The word succotash itself is an anglicized version of a word from the Narragansett Indians.”
“SteamyKitchen said ... succotash is my fav way to have lima beans. so maybe succotash + bacon is next on my list?”
“It's actually a dish known as succotash, which in its purest state is a simple dish of lima beans and corn.”
“Starting with the unspeakably perverse dish "succotash" (lima beans + corn: now there's a recipe from the Depths of Hell cookbook), lima beans ruin every meal in which they make an appearance.”
“Welcome to November, a month that people take a little bit too seriously, a month of melancholy and corduroy, and the only time of year you'll hear New Yorkers utter the word "succotash" with a straight face on the crosstown bus ….”
“Vegetables of the fourth group, which include those which cannot well be classified in the other groups, lend themselves readily to combinations, such as succotash, that make for variety in food.”
“Long before Sylvester the Cat, of “Sufferin’ succotash” fame—indeed, long before the arrival on these shores of the white man and his cartoons, the corn and lima bean dish known as succotash was a staple of American cuisine.”
“Our word "succotash" we now apply to corn cooked with beans.”
“Indians, with "succotash", a fascinating combination of young beans and green corn.”
“The wise Huron is welcome", said the Delaware, in the language of the Maquas; "he is come to eat his" succotash ",1 with his brothers of the lakes".”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘succotash’.
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impeccable, accouterment, accoutrement, cc, access, baccivorous, desiccant, floccular, successor, occidental, laccolithic, laccolith and 143 more...
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Open List: The World of Corn
Corn-related words and phrases. This versatile crop is so important to cultures and economies - from most basic indigenous foodstuff and animal feed to source of biopolymer and biofuel.
seed corn, field corn, flint corn, sweet corn, biofuel, biopolymer, corn starch, modified corn starch, cornstarch, cornflour, polylactic acid, citric acid and 389 more...
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bianca's list of humourous words
hullabaloo, pickle, albuquerque, winkle, plump, cumquat, succotash, guacamole, bulbous, bouffant, jub-jub, poquaque and 11 more...
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From the Algonquin et al.
Words derived from the innumerable languages of native Americans and the First Nations of Canada. I want to shine some light on this underexposed etymological background to so many common (and som...
raccoon, persimmon, mummichog, caucus, bayou, caribou, geoduck, chipmunk, skunk, opossum, moose, squash and 84 more...
vanishedone 'Suffering succotash' - Sylvester Feb 6, 2008
chained_bear Ha ha! Same experience here...
Seriously, it's much better with fresh corn and fresh beans. If it's prepared that way, it suddenly makes sense why someone got the idea to mix those two things in the first place. Oct 29, 2007
kad Or, as served in Pittsburgh in the 1970s, a dish that came in a box in the frozen food section and elicited groans from young children. Oct 29, 2007
skipvia As served in the southern US, a side dish made of corn and lima beans. Oct 29, 2007