Brunswick Stew was created by a Virginia slave
What to Eat in Virginia recommends Brunswick Stew as a delicious meal. This dish has some fun folklore that cannot be proven, but it is fun to read. The stew was said to have been created by an enslaved Black chef named Uncle Jimmy Matthews.
The Virginia General Assembly declared that Brunswick County was the home of the eponymous dish. Folklore claims to trace the roots of the stew to 1828 when stew masters would throw wild game into a pot with lima beans corn, and other ingredients to create the thick, savory stew. …