I really appreciate this video. Getting to see the tradition, as practiced, by folks in small-town Scotland Neck. I grew up less than an hour away, and we did things pretty different, from my memory, back in the 80's and 90's. No canned chicken, for sure. I'd also say this stew looks kinda loose in the plate. Of course they were eating it straight from the pot, and stew tends to get thicker as it sets. I'm sure it tastes great, even with the short cuts taken advantage of. Another thing I think makes a difference is that wood fire. Personally, I think a woodfire does change the flavor. Maybe it's my imagination. Maybe I wouldn't be able to taste the difference in a blind taste test. But when I take a quart of my stew from the freezer, thaw and eat, I taste and smell that smokiness. I also appreciate the community gathering aspect of this stew.
Also, just for fun the first Brunswick stew I ever tasted it was at a fire station family reunion. It had squirrel and black gnats in at the ongoing joke of my dad, but I think I finally mastered it.😂 Warren county, North Carolina, Acola
Just so you know Virginia was clear down to Florida to Ohio Maryland to me..is the closest to my family recipes, took years to realize that same names in Maryland as in Virginia, North Carolina. Because in the old days the roads ..we’re the water ways my grandfather was a King..
Where's the pork, my mother and grandmother made gallons of stew when we killed the hogs. I have never heard of Brunswick stew that wasn't made with pork and chicken.
Canned chicken, canned broth? My grandfather would haunt me if even thought about it. Im not too lazy to spend a day boiling down my pork and chicken. And in Central Georgia them butterbeans would get you beat up!!
I really appreciate this video. Getting to see the tradition, as practiced, by folks in small-town Scotland Neck. I grew up less than an hour away, and we did things pretty different, from my memory, back in the 80's and 90's. No canned chicken, for sure. I'd also say this stew looks kinda loose in the plate. Of course they were eating it straight from the pot, and stew tends to get thicker as it sets. I'm sure it tastes great, even with the short cuts taken advantage of. Another thing I think makes a difference is that wood fire. Personally, I think a woodfire does change the flavor. Maybe it's my imagination. Maybe I wouldn't be able to taste the difference in a blind taste test. But when I take a quart of my stew from the freezer, thaw and eat, I taste and smell that smokiness. I also appreciate the community gathering aspect of this stew.
I love everything about this video!
I'm from Scotland Neck and I know this is good stuff!
This is the best stew ever! I worked at his BBQ "stand" in Scotland Neck and this family can cook! Don't knock it until you've tried it!
Me too! Great memories ~ and people came from miles around just because of the stew ~ and still talk about how they wish they could get it!!!
My dad learned a lot from how Tom cooked his stew. Would always cook a good one!
Also, just for fun the first Brunswick stew I ever tasted it was at a fire station family reunion. It had squirrel and black gnats in at the ongoing joke of my dad, but I think I finally mastered it.😂
Warren county, North Carolina, Acola
Just so you know Virginia was clear down to Florida to Ohio Maryland to me..is the closest to my family recipes, took years to realize that same names in Maryland as in Virginia, North Carolina. Because in the old days the roads ..we’re the water ways my grandfather was a King..
Shucks!! No recipe shown!! I will go back & look once again!!
I will try to catch how big this pot was. I may have missed it!!
It sure looked yummy!!
THIS IS THE ACTUAL BRUNSWICK STEW. AS A BRUNSWICK STEW MAN.
Virginia here chiming in it took me 30 years to get my Brunswick stew the way I like it and it’s my secret…
I was born and raised in NC- I live in Seattle Wa now and I would pay 100$ for a quart of this stew! Well done looks awesome!
I have a good friend that makes and sells it $30 @gallon
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Are you from the Scotland neck area or North Carolina?
love it 😍
I started adding BBQ to my stew. I smoke a 9 or 10 pound butt and add it with the chicken.
Yum!
Where is this guy from
Scotland neck, NC. Calls himself a high tider. Look it up...Tom is a hoot.
Canned chicken?
Absolutely no can Chicken in Brunswick Stew ! My Grandad would slap the shit outta him ! Lol
Where's the pork, my mother and grandmother made gallons of stew when we killed the hogs. I have never heard of Brunswick stew that wasn't made with pork and chicken.
Canned chicken, canned broth? My grandfather would haunt me if even thought about it. Im not too lazy to spend a day boiling down my pork and chicken. And in Central Georgia them butterbeans would get you beat up!!
NC rolls with butter beans no other way!
No potatoes or onions?
My hunt club cooks stew
If you need volume, smoke a whole hog and and a few chickens. Mince the meat, done squish canned lime beans.. Also, you lost me at canned chicken.
Lost me with the canned chicken
Chicken Breast no bone ! Do a little cutting & shredding ! Laziness