Anyone heard of Horace Kephart, Ime reading one of his books at the moment called camp cookery. He was the Alan Whicker of his day (1920's) but wrote books instead of TV. He was a huge exponent of wild camping. Here is one of his recipes for Brunswick Stew . Look how much butter & salt pork (fat) go into the it, Yuk. Brunswick Stew—This famous huntsman's dish of the Old Dominion is usually prepared with squirrels, but other game will serve as well. The ingredients, besides squirrels, are: 1 qt. can tomatoes, * 1 pt. can butter beans or limas, 1 pt. can green corn, 6 potatoes, parboiled and sliced, 14 lb. butter, 1/2 lb. salt pork (fat), 1 teaspoonful black pepper, 14 teaspoonful Cayenne, 1 tablespoonful salt, 2 tablespoonfuls white sugar, 1 onion, minced small. Soak the squirrels half an hour in cold salted water. Add the salt to one gallon of water, and boil five minutes. Then put in the onion, beans, corn, pork (cut in fine strips), potatoes, pepper, and squirrels. Cover closely, and stew very slowly two and a half hours, stirring frequently to prevent burning. Add the tomatoes and sugar and stew an hour longer. Then add the butter, cut into bits the size of a walnut and rolled in flour. Boil ten minutes. Then serve at once.
It is always a pleasure to see what you can make !, instead of buying it ready made. R Proenneke.
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Originally Posted by Realearner
. Nowt new under the sun eh?
ATB Ken
