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[urocyon]

This evening I stirred up a batch of Brunswick stew, with some dumplings made with masa flour (cooked in a separate pot, since stews do grow!). It turned out very tasty, though I suspect vatine is just about corn-and-beaned-out by now.

Deary me. While the chicken was stewing, I decided to hit Google and see if any ingredients from other recipes caught my fancy--this could not have been an excuse to put off chopping onions, oh no. How sheltered I have been. There actually appears to be some bizarre Eurocentric argument over when and where this particular type of stew originated: one consisting largely of game meat, beans, corn, peppers (both sweet and chile)*, potatoes, and tomatoes. Not just when and where it started being called "Brunswick stew," but when in the 19th Century someone in Virginia, Georgia, or even North Carolina came up with the idea off the top of his head. (It must have been "his," as these things go.)

I am trying to think of some typically British dish, using native foodstuffs, which I could claim to have invented in Romford over the past few years, but various potato permutations keep tripping me up.

Sometimes it's hard to keep laughing. *shakes head*

* Maybe the stew is best made using Tennessee Cheese-type peppers, which obviously started off in Spain. In fact, de Soto's crew were so busy spreading seeds for the zillion similar varieties of peppers all over the Southeast, it's amazing they found time to throw people to the dogs.

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[megabitch.livejournal.com]

I am trying to think of some typically British dish, using native foodstuffs, which I could claim to have invented in Romford over the past few years, but various potato permutations keep tripping me up.

Whenever it says "potato" use turnip or some other root vegetable that's been around europe for much longer than the spud instead :)

[urocyon-c.livejournal.com]

I understand that parsnip was an especially popular starchy root vegetable, but the mind rebels at substituting something so strong for potato in a lot of dishes. :)