astray recipes: Cherokee succotash

Categories: Vegetables
Yield: 68 servings

Measure	Ingredient
2 pounds	Fresh or dry Lima beans*
	*(small ones are best)
3 cups	Fresh corn cut from cob
4	Wild onions or pearl onions
	Salt to taste
	Pepper to taste
2 tablespoons	Melted bacon fat
2	Pieces smoked ham hock
3 quarts	Water

Soak beans, if using dry ones, for 3-4 hours. Bring the water to a boil then add the beans. Cook at a moderate boil for 10 minutes then add the corn, ham hocks, salt & pepper, and onions. Reduce heat and cook for 1 hour on a low heat. Got this one from a friend from grad school. He is a cultural anthropologist who also happens to be a Cherokee Amerindian. His passion is cooking and this is a recipe that he assures me is genuinely ethnic to his people in North Carolina.

The changes from the items *'d are his not mine. The measurements have been converted for us as well. He claims we would like to measure out a hand- ful of this and a small pinch of that. Enjoy!

cherokee succotash