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Despite having a remarkably New England-sounding name, Brunswick stew is a Southern specialty, a tomato-based stew that has historically consisted of just about anything people could cobble together.

Even though I grew up in Virginia, one of the two states that lays claim (the other is Georgia) to inventing Brunswick stew, it wasn't until I was in my early 20s before I ever tried the cozy ...