The Family Table: It’s Sacumpach Season!

The Family Table: It’s Sacumpach Season!
Sacumpach was a delicious way to use up an abundance of summer vegetables in the garden before the end of the season. Courtesy of E. M. McCreight
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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.