Extra Credit Questions

[Anita]

This was a great question, and your answers gave me a new link for articles that I might be able to quote for the Surratt newsletter. Thanks, Anita. BTW: That stew recipe is very similar to the one passed down in our family, but some of the veggies would not be added - parsnips, especially. I miss my mother's big pots of stew on chilly nights, but now that I am a single cook, forget the effort!

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Let's try this piece of trivia: In the antebellum South, what was the difference between an "overseer" and an "overlooker?"

Laurie, do you know why vinegar was added to the stew at the end ?