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Succotash Teaches Patriots and Pioneers Connecticut Tales
Bristol dispatch recalls succotash as a cherished Connecticut staple since Puritan days. The piece links the dish to Indian and Plymouth origins, recounting Lafayette in Guilford, a tavern supper quarrel with a British general at Lebanon, and colonial anecdotes that cement succotash as a hardy regional symbol.
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Connecticut
Merry
England
Smnell
Plymouth
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Plymouth Colony
Guilford
Benjamin Franklin
New York
Boston
Marquis de Lafayette
Newport
Squire Brown
Guilford Green
Andrew Ward
Marquis
France
Charles Jared Ingersoll
New Haven
Paris
Prescott
Col
Barton
Washington
Raritan River
New Jersey
Elliott
Lebanon
Gov
Jonathan Trumbull
Jonathan
Capt. Alden
Gen. Knox
Rochambeau
Lafayette
Col. Elliott
King George