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In the case of gumbo or succotash, it is a good thing.

And in the book “Our Auntie Rosa,” her family shared recipes their aunt prepared for them, including cornbread silver dollar griddle cakes, succotash, chicken and dumplings, fruit compote, and lemonade.

While traditionally a Southern dish, it wasn’t until I was 16, visiting family in Virginia, that I finally tasted succotash.

Simmering okra for succotash, a dish that celebrates peak-summer produce, brings chunky slices to full tenderness.

“Get it straight. She has to say succotash first. It wouldn’t be much of a code if you told her what it was.”