Picnic Stew

Ingredients

• 2 lbs meat
• 1 lb pork
• 3 qts water
• 1 qt sliced potatoes
• 1 qt butter beans
• 3 onions
• 1 qt tomatoes
• 1 qt milk corn cut from the cobs
• season to taste with salt and cayenne pepper

Method

1. 1

   Combine the meats and water, and boil for 3 hours.

2. 2

   Then add the potatoes, butter beans, onions, tomatoes, and milk corn.

3. 3

   Boil and stir frequently until the stew is thick and the meat and vegetables are thoroughly cooked.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 90. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Picnic Stew This is a great southern picnic dish. Two kinds of meat are required — salt pork, and either beef or chicken, preferably chicken. Always allow half the quantity of salt pork to either chicken or beef. To 2 lbs meat add 1 lb pork and 3 qts water, and let boil 3 hours, then add 1 qt sliced potatoes, 1 qt butter beans, 3 onions, 1 qt tomatoes, 1 qt milk corn cut from the cobs, and season to taste with salt and cayenne pepper

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