Pardon breaking protocol re: on topic. But one other history of a nation recipe is Brunswick Stew. There at least 3 Brunswicks that claim to be the original recipe. But the Brunswick near me tells it this way - on a sandy island off of the Georgia shore in the 1600’s.
When the wooden boats sailed with the Protestants from England towards the East Coast of the New World, many came with only the clothes on their backs. Of course the journey was difficult. And building a home required defenses, milling lumber, clearing stumps with mules and woven ropes etc.
The story near my Brunswick, is that only one family brought a cast iron cauldron. And on Sundays after Church, everyone would bring their rotting tomatoes, old chicken bones, greens from the field, beans, corn, pig etc and disinfect it all by boiling the crap out of it. A slow cook of the bones of course all the gelatinous collagens. An often missed nutritional benefit now that we enjoy refrigeration.
Throw in some pulled meat, some lima beans, fresh okra, corn, tomatoes to finish it well, and you got one hell of a party. IMHO.
Before my Dad passed, I noticed an old cast iron cauldron leaning on his shed/barn. And inquired about. I now own it.
His first memories of it were in the 30’s as a toddler. One memory was of the black maids washing laundry in it over an open fire. I apologize for the family history. But those relationships were even protective, and familial.
And second memory my Dad had of our cauldron, is boiling hogs heads over an open fire to do various things with the products of the effort. There’s a bit of a firewall from speaking to him about what they did with that. Certainly broth etc. Soups m, stews, head cheese. IDK.
Happy New Year folks! I’m glad the “Year of Approvals” is coming to a close. Now, finally, we might get some approvals. Not suggesting we will in 2023. This is not investment advice. Happy New Year, Folks!
When the wooden boats sailed with the Protestants from England towards the East Coast of the New World, many came with only the clothes on their backs. Of course the journey was difficult. And building a home required defenses, milling lumber, clearing stumps with mules and woven ropes etc.
The story near my Brunswick, is that only one family brought a cast iron cauldron. And on Sundays after Church, everyone would bring their rotting tomatoes, old chicken bones, greens from the field, beans, corn, pig etc and disinfect it all by boiling the crap out of it. A slow cook of the bones of course all the gelatinous collagens. An often missed nutritional benefit now that we enjoy refrigeration.
Throw in some pulled meat, some lima beans, fresh okra, corn, tomatoes to finish it well, and you got one hell of a party. IMHO.
Before my Dad passed, I noticed an old cast iron cauldron leaning on his shed/barn. And inquired about. I now own it.
His first memories of it were in the 30’s as a toddler. One memory was of the black maids washing laundry in it over an open fire. I apologize for the family history. But those relationships were even protective, and familial.
And second memory my Dad had of our cauldron, is boiling hogs heads over an open fire to do various things with the products of the effort. There’s a bit of a firewall from speaking to him about what they did with that. Certainly broth etc. Soups m, stews, head cheese. IDK.
Happy New Year folks! I’m glad the “Year of Approvals” is coming to a close. Now, finally, we might get some approvals. Not suggesting we will in 2023. This is not investment advice. Happy New Year, Folks!
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