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Stitchawl · 07-11-2014, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by orlok

Always wondered what succotash is?

Something Yosemite Sam always suffered...

Succotash - "First created by Native Americans, this savory dish of corn, peppers, zucchini, and lima beans is still a favorite in the U.S. South. The name "succotash" is derived from the Naragansett Indian word "msickquatash," meaning "boiled whole ear of corn." Succotash is hearty enough to be served as an entree, but also makes a wonderful accompaniment to fried chicken or grilled pork chops."

I don't care for lima beans so I leave them out, substituting kidney, navy, black, or what ever is around at the time. I also often add shrimp, cut up sausage, left-over meats, etc.... a good clean-up-the-fridge dish.

Stitchawl

WT Sharpe · 07-11-2014, 08:48 AM

Around our house, succotash is butter beans and corn. And unlike Stitch, I love butter beans.

Dylrob · 07-12-2014, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Something Yosemite Sam always suffered...

Actually that's Sylvester's catchphrase:

Stitchawl · 07-12-2014, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

Actually that's Sylvester's catchphrase:

Oh! Quite right! I guess it's been a wee bit too long since I heard it, but yes, that was the sound in my head! Thanks!

Stitchawl

orlok · 07-12-2014, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Something Yosemite Sam always suffered...

Succotash - "First created by Native Americans, this savory dish of corn, peppers, zucchini, and lima beans is still a favorite in the U.S. South. The name "succotash" is derived from the Naragansett Indian word "msickquatash," meaning "boiled whole ear of corn." Succotash is hearty enough to be served as an entree, but also makes a wonderful accompaniment to fried chicken or grilled pork chops."

I don't care for lima beans so I leave them out, substituting kidney, navy, black, or what ever is around at the time. I also often add shrimp, cut up sausage, left-over meats, etc.... a good clean-up-the-fridge dish.

Stitchawl

Sounds good. And Wheat free!

. Just bought some pork chops, so I'll give it a go - just have to go out and buy some corn. And zucchini (or courgette as we know it). Don't know what lima beans are, but I do have kidney beans.

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Around our house, succotash is butter beans and corn. And unlike Stitch, I love butter beans.

If lima beans are the same as butter beans, them I'm with Stitchawl. Ever since being forced to eat them with school dinners, I have disliked them a lot.

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

Actually that's Sylvester's catchphrase:

Yes! Sufferin' succotash! I remember it well.

What I have actually being doing right now is removing a dead pigeon from the top of our conservatory roof. There's a smudge on one of our bedroom windows, so I guess it flew into it, broke its neck and fell onto the conservatory. Bluebottles and maggots abounded, and the smell was rank. Not a fun task.

Stitchawl · 07-12-2014, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by orlok

If lima beans are the same as butter beans, them I'm with Stitchawl. Ever since being forced to eat them with school dinners, I have disliked them a lot.

That's what did it for me, except it was eating them out of ration cans in Vietnam... Ham and Lima Beans... or as we called 'em back then; 'Ham and Mothas!' Easily one of the most revolting dishes ever created. One of the few that could not even be made palatable with enough Tabasco sauce!

Stitchawl

WT Sharpe · 07-12-2014, 12:59 PM

I don't remember the Ham and Lima Beans, but I do recall that everyone except me hated the Ham and Eggs. As for all the rest, they all tasted more or less like chicken. Then again, what we were getting into in the 185th Medical Dispensary at Phu Loi may have been different from what the folks in the field were being issued. At least we had a mess hall, making the rations an option.

WT Sharpe · 07-12-2014, 01:04 PM

Try them again, Stitch, and you too, orlok. I never ate liver until I went in the Army, and found I despised it with a passion. Then one day my wife and I were at a cafeteria and I decided to try a bit of the liver. I loved it (still do). From that day forward I've wondered what in blazes was that stuff that passed for liver in my Army days.

orlok · 07-12-2014, 02:45 PM

I'm definitely going to give succotash a try, possibly tomorrow when I take a walk to our local supermarket. If I can find lima beans, then I'll add them, otherwise butterbeans are definitely available. You may be right Tom, I have certainly changed my mind on certain foods I disliked in my childhood. Avocado being one such item, which once made me throw up when my mother told me the dessert I had just had was made from avocado. Now I can't get enough of them

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Dylrob · 07-12-2014, 05:46 PM

Playing around with Tapatalk. I was hesitant to get it before, but since it's free now...

Stitchawl · 07-12-2014, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Try them again, Stitch, and you too, orlok. I never ate liver until I went in the Army, and found I despised it with a passion. Then one day my wife and I were at a cafeteria and I decided to try a bit of the liver. I loved it (still do). From that day forward I've wondered what in blazes was that stuff that passed for liver in my Army days.

I'll give 'em a try, but...
There's no doubt that 'fresh' veggies taste a lot better than canned stuff, and I have discovered many foods that I refused in my earlier years to actually be pretty tasty. As a kid I wouldn't eat any other veggies than potatoes, tomatoes, or corn. I ate a very American style 3/4 meat-1/8 veg-1/8 bread as my typical diet. My mother insisted on 'canned' peas and carrots with almost every meal. Vile combination! (The person that came up with the idea for canned peas and carrots should be drawn and quartered!) Actually, she only used 'canned' veggies, never fresh or frozen. It wasn't until I was on my own that I discovered that frozen vegetables were actually OK, and that fresh ones could even taste good! When I moved to Asia, and the convenience of fresh veggies, my diet changed to 3/4 vegetable, 1/8 meat (chicken, fish, poultry,) 1/8 rice. I won't claim to be any healthier, but food sure tastes better.

Stitchawl

WT Sharpe · 07-12-2014, 10:29 PM

These days we nearly always buy frozen vegetables, and, like you, are striving to get more vegetables and less meat in our diet. I'm the only real fish lover in the house, though.

Rumpelteazer · 07-13-2014, 04:55 AM

Waiting for noon, the Mediamarkt opens at that time and I want to go look at cameras. At the moment I'm liking the Sony Cybershot HX400. It's a "compact" camera but it's got all the features I want. I was thinking of a DSLR or one of those new smaller cameras with changeable lenses but I realised that I don't carry around extra lenses.

I'm also wondering if I can be bothered to put on proper pants or if it's okay to go wearing my very comfy sweatpants

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bjones6416 · 07-13-2014, 06:45 AM

I'll weigh in to say around here succotash is just mixed corn and butterbeans (lima beans.) Bonus points if you just stir them together on your actual plate and announce, "Hey, look, I'm eating succotash!" (Yes, I did that recently, lol.)

WT Sharpe · 07-13-2014, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

...I'm also wondering if I can be bothered to put on proper pants or if it's okay to go wearing my very comfy sweatpants

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Be comfortable. Wear the sweat pants. Life is short.

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Originally Posted by bjones6416

I'll weigh in to say around here succotash is just mixed corn and butterbeans (lima beans.) Bonus points if you just stir them together on your actual plate and announce, "Hey, look, I'm eating succotash!" (Yes, I did that recently, lol.)

Hear! Hear! Other ingredients can be added (I've seen store brands with tomatos labled "Triple Succotash") but succotash in my part of the world is just corn and butterbeans.

07-12-2014, 12:59 PM	#37837
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? I don't remember the Ham and Lima Beans, but I do recall that everyone except me hated the Ham and Eggs. As for all the rest, they all tasted more or less like chicken. Then again, what we were getting into in the 185th Medical Dispensary at Phu Loi may have been different from what the folks in the field were being issued. At least we had a mess hall, making the rations an option.

07-12-2014, 01:04 PM	#37838
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? Try them again, Stitch, and you too, orlok. I never ate liver until I went in the Army, and found I despised it with a passion. Then one day my wife and I were at a cafeteria and I decided to try a bit of the liver. I loved it (still do). From that day forward I've wondered what in blazes was that stuff that passed for liver in my Army days.

07-12-2014, 05:46 PM	#37840
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,234 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? Playing around with Tapatalk. I was hesitant to get it before, but since it's free now...

07-11-2014, 08:48 AM	#37832
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Around our house, succotash is butter beans and corn. And unlike Stitch, I love butter beans.

07-12-2014, 02:45 PM	#37839
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	I'm definitely going to give succotash a try, possibly tomorrow when I take a walk to our local supermarket. If I can find lima beans, then I'll add them, otherwise butterbeans are definitely available. You may be right Tom, I have certainly changed my mind on certain foods I disliked in my childhood. Avocado being one such item, which once made me throw up when my mother told me the dessert I had just had was made from avocado. Now I can't get enough of them .

07-12-2014, 10:29 PM	#37842
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	These days we nearly always buy frozen vegetables, and, like you, are striving to get more vegetables and less meat in our diet. I'm the only real fish lover in the house, though.

07-13-2014, 04:55 AM	#37843
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,358 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Waiting for noon, the Mediamarkt opens at that time and I want to go look at cameras. At the moment I'm liking the Sony Cybershot HX400. It's a "compact" camera but it's got all the features I want. I was thinking of a DSLR or one of those new smaller cameras with changeable lenses but I realised that I don't carry around extra lenses. I'm also wondering if I can be bothered to put on proper pants or if it's okay to go wearing my very comfy sweatpants .

07-13-2014, 06:45 AM	#37844
bjones6416 ↓↓ Skirt!! Earrings!! Posts: 3,394 Karma: 17432172 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Georgia, USA Device: Acer netbook, JetBook Lite, Sony PRS-300, Kindle 2, Kindle Fire	I'll weigh in to say around here succotash is just mixed corn and butterbeans (lima beans.) Bonus points if you just stir them together on your actual plate and announce, "Hey, look, I'm eating succotash!" (Yes, I did that recently, lol.)