Musing on Brunswick Stew and Barbecue. Helping out our friend Rick.
Brunswick Stew.
Did you know that it is made of pork, beef and chicken? I think it is anyway. I wasn’t taking notes — I was stirring.
So many of our community gathered in Bostwick today, to eat some barbecue and raise money to help our dear friends, the Spences, offset medical expenses they incurred while Rick, husband and father, was going through cancer treatment.
It’s just been a week since our friend Rick left us. So hard to believe, but all this cooking gave us a way to do something.
The Main Event.
Bucky Malcom and crew started these fellows late yesterday afternoon. They cooked over 12 hours.
And then this morning, lots of folks started pulling and chopping the dickens out of those roasted pigs.
I was on the Brunswick stir crew.
Keep it from sticking on the bottom. It became very clear, you didn’t want to be the one whose pot burned.
Inside they formed an assembly line to fix the plates and the to-go boxes.
Shannon and Cindy Spence. Rick’s much loved sister and mother.
And then the people came and came and came.
A few still trickled in an hour after the lunch was scheduled to end.
They fixed quarts of leftover meat and stew. So if you’d like some just leave a comment and I can contact my stew sources.
Though the rain affected the numbers for the ride, it didn’t dampen anyone’s appetite.
In Morgan County, people care about barbecue and more importantly — they care deeply for each other.
