Or they can be mashed fine, rubbed through a sieve, and then seasoned, adding a pinch of cayenne pepper.
In Virginia they are often boiled, mashed a little, and fried in a large cake.
SUCCOTASH.
Boil green corn and beans separately.

Cut the corn from the cob, and season both as in either alone.

A nicer way, however, is to score the rows in half a dozen ears of corn; scrape off the corn; add a pint of lima or any nice green bean, and boil one hour in a quart of boiling water, with one teaspoonful each of salt and sugar, and a saltspoonful of pepper.

Let the water boil away to about a cupful; add a spoonful of butter, and serve in a hot dish.

Many, instead of butter, use with it a small piece of pork,--about quarter of a pound; but it is better without.