Submitted by E. M. McCreight (grandchild No. 1), Springfield, Virginia Every September, when the garden overflowed with tomatoes and green peppers, my German-born grandmother would gather the family, including us seven grandchildren, for a dinner of homemade “sacumpach.” We kids picked out the best parts of the casserole (does anyone like green peppers as a kid?) and enjoyed the meat and rice. It wasn’t until many years later, when we grandkids were in our own homes, that the delicious flavors and glorious bounty of either our own gardens or the farmers market produce nudged us to reproduce that now-delicious casserole. If fall is in the air, it’s time to gather the veggies for sacumpach! (Though no one uses green peppers anymore.) We’re not sure if it was an invented recipe, as nothing went to waste on our grandparents’ small gentleman’s garden property in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Susan, grandchild No. 7, …
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