Kentucky Burgoo

Makes 1200 gallons of stew; used for the Kentucky Derby Day celebration This recipe is from a very old southern cookbook entitled "322 Old Dixie Recipes"(1939)

Squirrels - 1 doz.to each 100 gals.
600 lbs. lean soup meat (no fat, no bacon)
200 lbs. fat hens, plucked
2,000 lbs. potatoes, peeled and diced
200 lbs. onion, peeled and diced
5 bushels of cabbage, chopped
60 lbs.of tomatoes, deskinned & chopped
24 lbs. of tomatoes - pureed
24 lbs. of corn, cut from cob
Red pepper and salt to taste and Worcestershire by the pint.

Mix the ingredients, a little at a time and cook coutdoors in huge iron kettles over wood for 20 hour, stirring constantly.

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You can substitute rabbits for the chickens if you wish.