Brunswick Stew

It seems that I’ve spent a lifetime investigating the origins of Brunswick stew, not to mention cooking and eating it. Georgia crackers are fully convinced that the lusty stew was created in Brunswick, Georgia, in 1898 at a July Fourth celebration, and to make the claim official, the town has mounted the original pot at its Welcome Center on Highway 17. Tarheels point to Brunswick County, North Carolina, as the stew’s birthplace, by virtue of its integral association with the region’s legen