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Eric Widmer’s Succotash
Preparation info
- Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
By Merry White
Published 1974
This recipe can only be attempted in mid-to late summer, when the ingredients are in season. No use trying to make it with frozen or canned vegetables, for its chief virtue lies in its freshness, in the true taste of the beans and corn. It is an unusual succotash, in that it uses fresh shell beans instead of limas.
Ingredients
Method
Shuck the corn, parboil it in a large kettle of boiling water, and run it under cold water. Scrape the kernels from the ears into a saucepan.
Shell the beans, then, in a large kettle of boiling water, cook them at a rolling boil for 15 to 20 minutes. Taste one to see that they are done—they should not be overdone at all, and at this stage it is much better for them to have a slight “bit