Burgoo

Porridge ("Burgoo")

Burgoo is an English-speaking term from sailing ship times for a coarse oatmeal made from oatmeal boiled in water , seasoned with salt, pepper and sometimes a little butter. The dish was mainly prepared in bad weather, as it required little effort and still provided enough energy for the heavy work on deck. Since the inexpensive Burgoo was served very often on some ships, the term was given a negative connotation for monotonous food among seafarers.

Kentucky burgoo ( stew from Kentucky , USA)

In the US-American southern states, Burgoo also refers to a stew that is prepared in various ways .

literature

to the ship's meal Burgoo

• Tristan Jones : One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship. The Essentials of Single-Handed Sailing . Revised new edition. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham (Maryland / USA) 1990, ISBN 0-924486-03-1 , pp. 207-208:  Burgoo (English).
• Terry Breverton: The Pirate Dictionary . 4th edition. Pelican Publishing, Gretna (Louisiana / USA) 2007, ISBN 978-1-58980-243-8 , pp. 29:  Burgoo (English).

with the stew Burgoo from the US southern states

• Fiona Young-Brown: A Culinary History of Kentucky. Burgoo, Beer Cheese & Goetta . History Press, Charleston (South Carolina / USA) 2014, ISBN 978-1-62619-263-8 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Albert WA Schmid: Burgoo, Barbecue, and Bourbon. A Kentucky Culinary Trinity . University Press of Kentucky, Lexington (Kentucky / USA) 2017, ISBN 978-0-8131-6988-0 , pp. 1-38 (English).