Squirrel Burgoo

Southerners in general are a proud lot. Sandlappers in particular are accused of being excessively so. Charlestonians claim so many cultural “firsts” in America that chauvinism here is endemic. Much to the chagrin of Kentuckians, we even claim the first jockey club and racetrack; some swear the julep is ours as well. I’ve never heard the burgoo claimed in Charleston, but both Brunswick County, Virginia, and Brunswick, Georgia, claim it under their own name. Squirrel is traditional in both t