SC - On a Tangential, OT Note - Was: Potato salad+pasta salad- the mildOr...

Philip & Susan Troy troy at asan.com
Thu Aug 12 14:52:04 PDT 1999


Bonne of Traquair wrote:
> 
> ><< In my family goulash is corn and lima beans. >>
> >
> >The more accurate term for this dish is 'Succotash' and the original dish
> >did
> >not use limas but rather shelled green beans and corn.
> >
> >Ras
> 
> Succotash is corn and black-eyed peas.  (all this is a perfect example of
> why 'traditional' is such poor documentation.)
> 
> Bonne(whose family traditions are a little out of step, evidently)

Just goes to show you etc...I guess I don't need to go into which side
of the Atlantic black-eyed peas come from, huh?

But yes, an excellent example of why "traditional" doesn't necessarily
cut it.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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