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Succotash (Plunge a half pint shelled)

Plunge a half pint shelled lima beans in a pint boiling water with half teaspoon salt and boil thirty minutes. Drain on sieve and place in a saucepan. Remove stalks, leaves and silk from four good-sized, sound, tender ears green corn. Place in three-quarts boiling water with a gill milk, and teaspoon salt, and boil forty minutes. Drain, and with back of a knife blade detach grains from the cob and add to beans, season with half teaspoon salt and two saltspoons pepper. Pour in a half gill cream and one gill milk. Mix well, then briskly cook five minutes. Knead on a saucer one ounce butter with a teaspoon flour, and gradually add to the succotash. Mix well while heating five minutes. Dress on a vegetable dish and serve.