Best Brunswick Stew in Norfolk, Va
Jun 30th, 2016, 04:34 AM
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Sounds like you are on a journey to find those regional dishes that once defined an area (from your other posts). I think Georgia for Brunswick stew more commonly, but if you want to find it, I think a local BBQ place might be a good bet.
I have a set of old cookbooks that included "classic" dishes for various states. But those dishes bear little relevance to the modern-day versions of where I live or even have lived in the past. Who makes this stuff up?
I have a set of old cookbooks that included "classic" dishes for various states. But those dishes bear little relevance to the modern-day versions of where I live or even have lived in the past. Who makes this stuff up?
Jun 30th, 2016, 08:36 AM
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I lived in the Hampton Roads area for a couple of years and never saw Brunswick Stew on a menu.
I did, however, read an article recently that talked about the habit of eating squirrel. Apparently, people still do eat squirrel because they like it and grew up eating it, but they are ashamed of it because it connotes poverty and so don't talk about it and certainly don't put it on menus.
I did, however, read an article recently that talked about the habit of eating squirrel. Apparently, people still do eat squirrel because they like it and grew up eating it, but they are ashamed of it because it connotes poverty and so don't talk about it and certainly don't put it on menus.
Jun 30th, 2016, 08:38 AM
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"they are ashamed of it because it connotes poverty and so don't talk about it and certainly don't put it on menus."
I remember the scene in "To Kill a Mockingbird" when the kids reacted to their lunch guest talking about eating squirrel.
I remember the scene in "To Kill a Mockingbird" when the kids reacted to their lunch guest talking about eating squirrel.
Jun 30th, 2016, 09:25 AM
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Brunswick County, VA is 100 miles west of the Hampton Roads area. Not clear why the OP thinks Norfolk is good place to find Brunswick stew.
My money would be on Georgia as the originator of the vile stuff. More okra grown there.
I see today many people make it with chicken. I guess to a Virginian, everything tastes like squirrel.
What a gratuitous slam. I thought travel was supposed to broaden your mind, not make you more pinheaded.
You may or may not be aware tha the fictional TKAM took place in Alabama.
Maybe it all looks the same from your bubble.
My money would be on Georgia as the originator of the vile stuff. More okra grown there.
I see today many people make it with chicken. I guess to a Virginian, everything tastes like squirrel.
What a gratuitous slam. I thought travel was supposed to broaden your mind, not make you more pinheaded.
You may or may not be aware tha the fictional TKAM took place in Alabama.
Maybe it all looks the same from your bubble.
Jun 30th, 2016, 09:29 AM
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Are we seriously fighting about eating squirrel now? I thought Fra was joking, and if not, then it's a ridiculous thing to try to roast Virginians for. I did not take it seriously, in other words, and I consider myself a Virginian if I'm anything.
Jun 30th, 2016, 10:07 AM
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"What a gratuitous slam. I thought travel was supposed to broaden your mind, not make you more pinheaded."
It's called a joke, O humorless one.
And the two posts were unrelated geographically, my dull friend.
It's called a joke, O humorless one.
And the two posts were unrelated geographically, my dull friend.
Jun 30th, 2016, 11:02 AM
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You had nothing of substance to add to this post except a gratuitous cheap shot. I'm not going to lose sleep b/c I called you out on it and you defend yourself by saying that I'm humorless and dull. I hope don't travel with that attitude.
Jun 30th, 2016, 11:53 AM
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Why is saying that Virginians eat squirrel--in jest, yes, I know--offensive?
Why stigmatize the eating of this ubiquitous rodent, the very definition of a renewable resource?
(I would not eat Rocky because I am pescetarian, not because I fear ostracism.)
Why stigmatize the eating of this ubiquitous rodent, the very definition of a renewable resource?
(I would not eat Rocky because I am pescetarian, not because I fear ostracism.)
Jun 30th, 2016, 02:15 PM
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I have eaten fried squirrel, but that was when I lived in Mississippi the first time.
It was in fact indistinguishable from chicken except for the bones, which were, from the chicken eater's point of view, not in the right places.
More to the point, Brunswick stew is in fact a big thing in Virginia. One can buy it in a yellow can in Martin's supermarkets and it is -- good suggestion above from sludick -- on the board at BBQ joints in the Richmond area. Buz and Ned's has it seasonally.
Virginia Brunswick stew doesn't have okra, to my knowledge, just chicken, tomatoes, Lima beans, corn and seasoning.
So go for it, genxer!
It was in fact indistinguishable from chicken except for the bones, which were, from the chicken eater's point of view, not in the right places.
More to the point, Brunswick stew is in fact a big thing in Virginia. One can buy it in a yellow can in Martin's supermarkets and it is -- good suggestion above from sludick -- on the board at BBQ joints in the Richmond area. Buz and Ned's has it seasonally.
Virginia Brunswick stew doesn't have okra, to my knowledge, just chicken, tomatoes, Lima beans, corn and seasoning.
So go for it, genxer!
Jun 30th, 2016, 03:31 PM
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More to the point, Brunswick stew is in fact a big thing in Virginia. One can buy it in a yellow can in Martin's supermarkets and it is -- good suggestion above from sludick -- on the board at BBQ joints in the Richmond area. Buz and Ned's has it seasonally.
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It is somewhat popular in VA, though not a southern staple, I would say. Mrs. Fearnow's in the can is fine.
And yes, VA Brunswick stew does not have okra.
https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Fearnows-...=1&*entries*=0
The Virginia Diner has it on their menu. It is located in Wakefield.
http://www.vadinerrestaurant.com/Menu/0/Menus.aspx
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It is somewhat popular in VA, though not a southern staple, I would say. Mrs. Fearnow's in the can is fine.
And yes, VA Brunswick stew does not have okra.
https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Fearnows-...=1&*entries*=0
The Virginia Diner has it on their menu. It is located in Wakefield.
http://www.vadinerrestaurant.com/Menu/0/Menus.aspx
