Alabama Camp Stew?

Well, you're lucky to have Milo's.  I've a been a fan since my first bite in 1983.  I'm pretty sure it contains Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, and chili sauce and/or ketchup, but I'm clueless as to the rest of the ingredients.
 
I miss a lot of places in B'ham, many of them no longer in business.  I used to eat Camel Riders at Nabeel's when Nabeel actually owned it (nice man), and it was merely a food shop and deli.

Atoothaker :) I'm a Wiregrass native & my recipe for Earth Roastin Camp Stew is a very authentic and old recipe we use for earth hog roasts . It does call for English ( green peas ) . Camp stew & Brunswick Stew are different things in our area of Alabama :) :) :) Take care :)

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iqdiva

Atoothaker :) I'm a Wiregrass native & my recipe for Earth Roastin Camp Stew is a very authentic and old recipe we use for earth hog roasts . It does call for English ( green peas ) . Camp stew & Brunswick Stew are different things in our area of Alabama :) :) :) Take care :)

How about posting your recipe!

Foodbme

iqdiva

Atoothaker :) I'm a Wiregrass native & my recipe for Earth Roastin Camp Stew is a very authentic and old recipe we use for earth hog roasts . It does call for English ( green peas ) . Camp stew & Brunswick Stew are different things in our area of Alabama :) :) :) Take care :)

How about posting your recipe!

I did at the beginning of this thread :) :) :)

Here's my recipe again Dear Friends :)
RE: Alabama Camp Stew? Thu, 04/17/08 9:43 AM ([link=javascript:void(showMsgNum(393012))]permalink[/link])
MellowRoast,I'm so glad that I saw this thread...Camp stew is a little different from Brunswick Stew ,but not by much...Dothan , Alabama is 112 miles southeast from the Montgomery area...Here is our version of Camp Stew that is always served at "Earth Roasting Barbeques " , which is what we call a real old fashioned Southern pit barbeque "Pig Roast "...In fact , a group of my husbands collegues are having an Earth Roastin' with a whole hog this coming May 3rd...Here is the Camp Stew that the men make for this feast ! :

"SOUTHEAST ALABAMA EARTH ROASTIN' BBQ CAMP STEW "

5 chickens ( each 2 and a half pound average )
5 pounds beef chuck
5 pounds pork butt
Salt and Black Pepper To taste
1 gallon canned tomatoes
1 gallon english peas ( english peas are what we call green peas )
1 gallon butterbeans ( lima beans )
1 gallon whole kernel corn
10 pounds of potatoes , peeled and cubed
10 pounds onions , chopped
1 ( ten ounce ) bottle Worcestershire sauce
Crushed Red Pepper Flakes To Taste
Tabasco Sauce To Taste
1 gallon of catsup

Cook all the meat until it falls off the bones . Remove the bones,skin and fat.Skim as much fat as possible from the surface of the broth. Combine the meats and all the other ingredients except the Tabasco and catsup. Cook 6 to 8 hours over very low heat , stirring frequently. In the last hour of cooking, add the Tabasco and catsup . Simmer another hour and get ready to eat !

Serves 75 to 80 at a big Earth Roastin'

 

Iqdiva, Camp Stew must be very regionally influenced. The camp stew sold around central Alabama is primarily barbequed meat, tomatoes, corn and onions. I think the butterbeans, peas and potatoes threw Mellow Roast off from what is offered around the Montgomery area. Your recipe looks wonderful. I wish I had a pot big enough to make some;)  

Thank you Darlin' :) I scale it down for my family when we have our 'cue cookin's at home
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iqdivq,
What's with the ":) :) :)'s ??
THANX for the recipe.
Now I gotta figure out how to scale it down

Foodbme


iqdivq,
What's with the ":) :) :)'s ??
THANX for the recipe.
Now I gotta figure out how to scale it down

I'm a nice lady ... I :) a lot :) :) :) :)
 

I lived in Wetumpka for 4 years, but visited family several times before. Our menfolk at Trinity Episcopal always did a big Boston Butt sale, then sold camp stew at Christmas on the Coosa with leftover butts. My stepdad is one of the cooks. I will contact him and try to get the recipe. I always loved Hog Rock BBQ's stew also! 

Thank you, Firebug26, we'd love to have your stepdad's recipe.  Camp stew really rocks!