Brunswick Stew: A Virginia Tradition (American Palate) by Joseph R. Haynes

Author:Joseph R. Haynes [Haynes, Joseph R.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2017-10-09T04:00:00+00:00

You know Brunswick stew is done when it is thick enough to hold the paddle up straight. Author’s collection.

Ladling the stew in Richmond, Virginia, on Brunswick Stew Day in 2017. Author’s collection.

The local tradition in Brunswick County, Virginia, is probably the most well-known account of how Brunswick stew was born there. The county proudly displays its tradition on roadside historical markers all around Brunswick County, Virginia, for all to see.97 With the headline “The Original Home of Brunswick Stew,” the markers display the following account of the origin of Brunswick stew:

According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with butter, onions, stale bread, and seasoning, thus creating the dish known as Brunswick stew. Recipes for Brunswick stew have changed over time as chicken has replaced squirrel and vegetables have been added, but the stew remains thick and rich. Other states have made similar claims but Virginia’s is the first.

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