Virginia Brunswick Stew

Ingredients

• 
  Three gallons of water
• Two chickens
• One pound of bacon
• Half gallon of Irish potatoes
• One and a half pints of fine cut green corn
• One pint of butter beans
• One quart of peeled tomatoes
• Small loaf of bread
• Pepper
• Salt
• Butter

Directions

1. Boil the water.
2. Add the chicken and small cut bacon to the water.
3. Remove the chicken once cooked properly.
4. Remove the meat from the bones, and return to the water.
5. Add boiled and mashed Irish potatoes.
6. Add the green corn, butter beans, tomatoes, pepper, salt, and butter.
7. Place a small loaf of bread once it is nearly done.
8. Stir constantly once it thickens and add more water if it is too thick.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book

Prepared by Mills Manthei
Louisiana Anthology
July 13, 2022