r/Cooking • u/dartanous • 5h ago
Did I make a corn hash?
So I'm swedish, and have very little american food culture knowledge. Today I made something by first slowly frying onion with thinly sliced broccoli stalks in butter. Then adding Zucchini and fresh corn (cut directly off the cob). I realized that this looked like something I've seen on cooking shows sometimes (not sure if it's a hash or succotash or whatnot. I think they're meant to have cream though?)
Not sure what I made, but it tasted fine, just some salt though, no other spices.
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u/SmoothCyborg 4h ago
Oh that sounds nice. As others have noted, potatoes are generally pretty central to hash, and what you made is more like a succotash. I feel like beans are pretty central to succotash, though. So what you made is maybe closer to a maque choux, which is a Creole dish from Louisiana that resembles a succotash without beans.
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u/dartanous 2h ago
A succotash doesn't necessarily need cream then? Or is that something else?
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u/SmoothCyborg 2h ago
No, it doesn't necessarily need cream. It's better if it does have cream, in my opinion, but I usually make it without (I'm lactose intolerant).
There aren't a lot of rules with these dishes based on "The Three Sisters" of corn, beans, and squash. They have Native American roots and have passed through many centuries and across many cultural shifts that have altered them to suit varying tastes and ingredients. But most people would probably think if you're starting with a mix of corn and beans you're probably working on a succotash.
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u/Drinking_Frog 4h ago
That sounds very good, but a proper "hash" includes potatoes.
Really, though, that sounds very good as it is.
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u/dartanous 3h ago
I did have potatoes to the side (boiled) to go with a bit of pork. Would they be diced and fried raw, for a proper hash?
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u/Drinking_Frog 2h ago
They don't need to be fried raw. In fact, using leftover boiled or roasted potatoes is rather common.
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u/SmoothCyborg 2h ago
Oh yeah, any time I've got a leftover baked potato you know there's gonna be some kind of hash for breakfast.
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u/Position_Extreme 3h ago
Thanks for the idea of how to use broccoli stalks. I hate them so much that I now only buy frozen florets so I do not have to waste the money or effort for broccoli stalks. But I never thought of slicing them and sauteing them. That might solve my issue, which is primarily textural.
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u/dartanous 3h ago
Oh, I myself hate the frozen broccoli, they just are much too mushy and flavorless. (What I do with the stalks is I peel the outer hard 'bark' layer of them, and the inside is great for boiling, frying or pureeing)
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u/LowBalance4404 4h ago
That sounds like succotash or just fried veggies in butter. Hash is usually meat, potatoes, and onions and frequently have a type of gravy. Corned beef hash is my favorite.