Colonial Williamsburg Brunswick Stew
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I’ve been wanting to try making the Williamsburg Brunswick Stew for a bunch of years now . However I want to use the original meat tree rats (squirrels) instead of the preferred meat of most makers these days (chicken) . Saturday is out last day of deer season so the following Wednesday and or Thursday I’ll see if I can’t pop right or nine tree rats .
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If the Brunswick Stew comes out palatable there’s another recipe in the Williamsburg cookbook I’ve wanted to try for quite a few years and have actually had it at “Christiana Campbell’s Tavern” in Colonial Williamsburg all be it thirty or so years ago , the “Colonial Game Pie” . This one says use venison , rabbit and duck . See if I can’t enlist a couple friends to let me go with them next month after little furry bunnies . Shouldn’t need more than three bun buns . Might have to go to Williamsburg one day before I try making this and eat it at the Tavern just to refresh the taste buds as to how it tastes when they make it . Although I’m sure all the venison , hares and ducks they use are farm raised .
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Hey, Craig, Brunswick stew is on my day-off-from-quail-hunting list for this year before the squirrel season ends, and I may use your recipe. BTW, Williamsburg is my home town...and, for those of our colleagues from Georgia (this will get a rise, no doubt), Brunswick stew is a Virginia original, not from Georgia.:) But, hey, if you grew up in Virginia, you learned all of this in school.:whistle:
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Assuming we are fairly close in age, I'm sure I was probably wandering about Williamsburg when you were making your exotic treat. It was interesting growing up there. Many of my friends parents worked for what we called, "The Restoration" (Colonial Williamsburg), and I recall one friend's father who came home from work dressed like a blacksmith. At that time if you lived in the area, you got free guest passes (also to Jamestown and Yorktown) and could use the buses and enter the various buildings for free. It was a great place to grow up...and the town cleared out in the winter, making it even more appealing. We belonged to a hunt club (a poor man's version) that had about 400 acres adjacent to the Colonial Parkway. We had deer stands along the route and when you heard a car slow down, you knew a deer was crossing and needed to be ready to shoot. On "stand" was to sit atop a Revolutionary War embankment -- my favorite. I also hunted on land that is now Busch Gardens. Things change (and seldom for the best).
BTW, do you put butterbeans in your stew? It's the only thing I won't put in mine...ever(!) Squirrel, however, was a staple for dinner at our house growing up. I hope you'll post a photo of your stew like you often do for you "lunches at the shop." |
I'm going to wait for this Craig. I have a hankering to drop a few skwerells (the spelling I think I saw in "Undaunted Courage" with my 16g Trojan. As a kid I could never make the damn things taste good. Regarding pot pie, I make a pheasant pot pie that is just great, although have mixed in Chukar as well, wonder how it would work with squirrel. One pie will feed 5-6 people.
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I’ve never tried making Brunswick stew so I’ll most likely put Lima beans . My great grandmother used to fry squirrels for me if I killed them . I’ve never been a big fan of tree rats to eat but I wanna try . I turned 60 this year .
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Andy, how about sharing your recipe for the Pheasant Pot Pie? I grew up on crock pot squirrel stew! With moms biscuits, mmmmmmmgood! |
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1 pound pheasant cut into bite size pieces 1 cup chopped carrots 1 cup sliced mushrooms (optional) some garlic Half yellow onion chopped 1 stick carrot chopped 1 bag frozen peas 1/3 cup salted butter 2/3 cup whole milk Salt and black pepper 1 t dried rosemary 1/2 t dried sage 1/2 t ground celery seed 1 beaten egg white 1 refrigerated pie crust Preheat oven to 400 Sautee pheasant, mushroom and onion in some oil for 10 minutes, add 1 clove of mashed garlic for flavor and remove it when done. You can remove the onion if you don't like it in your pie. Reserve the drippings and pheasant/mushroom bites (I use just breast from two birds) Boil the broth and add carrots and celery for 10 minutes, add peas for one or two minutes. Drain and RESERVE THE BROTH, adding the carrots/celery to the pheasant bites Melt the butter in a saucepan for 5 minutes, medium heat Stir in the flour continuously, you want a blonde roux here Pour reserved broth and milk into the flour mixture, stirring constantly Add pepper, rosemary, sage and celery seed and salt to taste, bringing slowly to a boil and then back to a simmer and stir and watch until it's thickened Press your pie crust into a pie plate and brush with egg white. Put this in the oven for a few minutes until it just starts to firm up and turn color. Remove from the oven, and turn heat to 375 Scoop 1/4 of the pheasant/mushroom/veggie mix into the pie plate, then mix the remaining pheasant/mushroom mix into your flour/broth/spice roux. Pour this into the plate last, cover with the other half of the pie crust, crimp the edges, cut to vent and bake until golden brown all over about 35-45 minutes Remove, let rest for 20 minutes. *here's one before I covered it, I like it better with mushrooms |
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