Crow stew
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Crow stew is a stew made primarily from the meat of a crow. Crow stew may include onion, bacon fat, crow, flour and sour cream.[1] According to Guy Chassagnard's Dictionary of French Cuisine, crow has "very tough meat," but can be "placed on the lid of a large cooking pot" to create "crow stew."[2]
An early reference to crow stew in the United States appears in an account of Prince Achille Murat. While living in and around St. Augustine, Florida from 1821 to his death in 1847, Murat was known to prepare and enjoy "crow stew", which he "served to his dinner guests."[3]
The modern, sour cream-based crow stew appears to have originated during the 1930’s, at the time of the Great Depression. It appears in several publications at that time, including Nebraskaland (1933) and Outdoor Indiana (1936).[4][5]
The restaurant Café Kör in Budapest, Hungary has served crow stew.[6]
Other uses
The term crow stew is also sometimes used as a pun, referring to the idiom eating crow. In an April 4, 1982 Chicago Tribune article titled, “Money can put the Sox, Cubs on top”, the Chicago-based sports writer Dave Condon predicted that the Chicago Cubs baseball team would defy expectation and have a winning season.[7] However, as the Cubs’ season neared the end, the team was 19 games behind the first place Cardinals and was not expected to make the playoffs.[8] As the Cubs prepared to host the rival Mets team, “Condon figured that the Mets would arrive in town with a menu for him of ‘crowburger, crow fricassee, crow pizza, crow stew, crow al a Gekas, and just plain crow for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”[9]
References in popular media
The television talk show host Conan O'Brien made a reference to crow stew in episode 362 of the television show Conan, which aired in the United States on January 24, 2013.[10]
In the episode, the following exchange occured between the host, Conan O'Brien, and his guest, Jack McBrayer:
Conan: Well, wait a minute! You've always - for years if I've made any joke about you being hill-folk or hillbilly, or anything like that - you get all mad at me. Now you're sitting in your backyard, in your underwear, with a gun, waiting on some crows to come. "Make up some crow stew!" Are you not?
Jack McBrayer: There's no such thing as crow stew.
Conan: Wikipedia it; see that I'm right.[11]
References
- ^ Gray, Rebecca (1997). Eat Like a Wild Man: 110 Years of Great Sports Afield Recipes. Minocqua, WI: Willow Creek Press. p. 174.
- ^ Chassagnard, Guy (1996). Dictionnaire Multilingue de la Cuisine Française Et De La Restauration. Nice, France: Segnat Publications. p. 144. ISBN 290108222X.
- ^ De La Souchére Deléry, Simone (1999). Napoleon's Soldiers in America. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 1565546598.
- ^ Indiana Department of Natural Resources (1936). Outdoor Indiana. 3–4.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Nebraska Game, Forestation and Parks Commission (1933). Nebraskaland. Volumes 8-20: 216.
{{cite journal}}:|volume=has extra text (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "The vast specials board at cafe Kor, Which includes Crows stew!". Twitpic. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ Lambert, Scott (2007). Covering the Cubs: Examining "Chicago Tribune"'s Coverage of the Chicago Cubs and Tribune Company. Illinois: Southern Illinois University, ProQuest. p. 56. ISBN 0549224041.
- ^ BaseballReference.com. "1982 Major League Baseball Standings". Major League Baseball Standings. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ Feldmann, Doug (2009). Miracle Collapse: The 1969 Chicago Cubs. Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. p. 231. ISBN 0803226373.
- ^ O'Brien, Conan. "Conan O'Brien Presents: Team Coco". Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ Conan, O'Brien. "Jack McBrayer's Back Yard Is Infested With Crows". Team Coco. Retrieved 25 January 2013.