Debate On Origins
The town of Brunswick, Georgia and Brunswick County, Virginia both claim to be the origin of the stew.
A plaque on an old iron pot in Brunswick, Georgia, states the first Brunswick stew was made in it on July 2, 1898, on nearby St. Simons Island. A competing story claims a Virginia state legislator's chef invented the recipe in 1828 on a hunting expedition.
However, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, in her 1942 Cross Creek Cookery, wrote that the stew, said to have been one of Queen Victoria's favorites, may actually come from Braunschweig, Germany.
In areas where Brunswick stew is sold for fundraising, it is made in large iron pots over open flame or gas. Unlike soup, the stew is usually allowed to simmer and cook for long periods of time. This may be attributed to the older tradition of putting game meats into the stew, which might require a longer cooking time to ensure that the meats were tender.
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