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[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Apr 1, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Elaine Koogler wrote:

> Aaarrrggggghhhhhhh!!!  I love liverwurst, but just can't picture it  
> as part of the Brunswick Stew that I make.  I can picture rabbit  
> and venison, but not liverwurst.  the recipe I have came from  
> Chowning's Tavern in Williamsburg, via a cookbook published by the  
> Jr. League of Newport News, "Virginia Hospitality."  If you ever  
> get a chance to get a copy of this cookbook, it's the best I've  
> ever used...totally non-period, but lots of traditional southern,  
> specifically Virginia, dishes.  It's the only cookbook I own that,  
> if I need to take something to a party or pot-luck and don't have  
> time to test cook it, I'll grab something from that cookbook to  
> do.  My husband's mother gave it to us when we started living  
> together...and every member of his family owns one.

Sorry, just a little Brunswick joke there... y'know, Braunschweiger  
Leberwurst. The English used to call Braunschweig (which I think was  
in Flanders) Brunswick, as in the beer, Brunswick Mum.

What I've seen called Brunswick Stew seems to fall into two main  
categories: ones with squirrel or other game, sometimes a mixture,  
and ones with more domestic meats like ground beef and/or chicken. To  
my mind, the domestic-ingredients-version doesn't sound too terrific,  
but maybe if one made it in bulk for canning, it might be nice to  
have in emergencies. I'm a little frightened by the recipes that tell  
you to open tin cans of ingredients,  cook them further in a stew,   
then pressure-can them, but perhaps this is somebody's idea of being  
practical while still observing traditions so ancient their meaning  
may be somewhat obscured...

Adamantius



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brioche!" / "If there's no bread to be had, one has to say, let them  
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"Confessions", 1782

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