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Succotash like your grandma never knew it

CHICAGO - Succotash may be a Southern favorite and be named after the word "msickquatash" of the Narragansett in New England, but this dish, most famously made with corn and lima beans, has deep roots in the Midwest. You can taste that story at various restaurants around Chicago where chefs are adding seasonal, Midwest touches to their succotash.

"I grew up with it. I'm from Ohio," said A.J. Walker, chef de cuisine at Publican Anker in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. "I think it's the quintessential Midwest side dish. Yeah, you just have it at a lot of family get-togethers and stuff like that."

"The Midwest is a melting pot of all the different parts of the country," said Tom Carlin,

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