suppawn
A porridge made from cornmeal, similar to polenta; hasty pudding; mush.
countable, uncountable
First of all came the Van Brummels, who inhabit the pleasant borders of the Bronx: these were short fat men, wearing exceeding large trunk-breeches, and were renowned for feats of the trencher; they were the first inventors of suppawn, or mush and milk.
Where it comes from
Ultimately from an Algonquian language term such as Massachusett/Narragansett saupan (“softened by water”), Munsee nsá·pa·n, or a cognate thereof, whence also English samp. Possibly transmitted via New Netherland Dutch or Jersey Dutch suppaen, sapaen.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry suppawn (CC BY-SA 4.0).