In a message dated 12/3/00 2:47:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Just curious as to why it is called "Brunswick Stew?' >> Name origins of foods can be genealogy-related, if those foods are traditional in your family. According to one of my cookbooks, both Brunswick County, Virginia, and Brunswick County, North Carolina claim that Brunswick Stew was invented there. I have also seen it attributed to Brunswick, Maryland. At the very least, it's east coast and southern.