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Mulligan stew, also known as Hobo stew, is a type of stew said to have been prepared by American hobos in camps in the early 1900s.[1]

Preparing Mulligan stew at the Hotel de Gink
Preparing Mulligan stew at the Hotel de Gink
Mulligan stew
TypeStew
Place of originUnited States
Main ingredients

Another variation of mulligan stew is "community stew", a stew put together by several homeless people by combining whatever food they have or can collect. Community stews are often made at "hobo jungles", or at events designed to help homeless people.[citation needed]


Description


Mulligan stew is broadly defined as a stew made of odds and ends or any available ingredients.[2][3] A description of mulligan stew appeared in a 1900 newspaper:

Another traveler present described the operation of making a "mulligan." Five or six hobos join in this. One builds a fire and rustles a can. Another has to procure meat; another potatoes; one fellow pledges himself to obtain bread, and still another has to furnish onions, salt and pepper. If a chicken can be stolen, so much the better. The whole outfit is placed in the can and boiled until it is done. If one of the men is successful in procuring "Java," an oyster can is used for a coffee tank, and this is also put on the fire to boil. Incidentally, it may be mentioned that California hobos always put a "snipe" in their coffee, to give it that delicate amber color and to add to the aroma. "Snipe" is hobo for the butt end of a cigar that smokers throw down in the streets. All hobos have large quantities of snipes in their pockets, for both chewing and smoking purposes. A "beggar stew" is a "mulligan," without any meat.[4]


Ingredients


"Mulligan" is a stand-in term for any Irishman, and Mulligan stew is simply an Irish stew that includes meat, potatoes, vegetables, and whatever else can be begged, scavenged, found or stolen.[5] A local Appalachian variant is a burgoo, which may comprise such available ingredients as possum or squirrel. Only a pot and a fire are required. The hobo who put it together was known as the "mulligan mixer."

During the Great Depression, homeless men (hobos) would sleep in a "hobo jungle" (a campsite used by the homeless near a railway). Traditionally, the jungle would have a large campfire and a pot into which each person would put in a portion of their food, to create a shared dish that was, hopefully, more tasteful and varied than his original portion. Usually, they would afterward enjoy themselves with story-telling and, sometimes, the drinking of alcohol.[citation needed]




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In The Abbott and Costello Show episode, "Car Trouble", the pair encountered two hobos. Lou tried to ask for a cup of coffee but they insisted he had to put something in the mulligan. A third hobo then appeared with a prize hen stolen from a nearby farmer.


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References


  1. "said to have originated among tramps." A Dictionary of Americanisms, citing You Can't Win (1926): "He's crazy as a bed bug and the best 'mulligan' maker on the road."
  2. "Mulligan". Oxford English Dictionary (Third ed.). March 2003.
  3. "Mulligan". Atlantic Monthly. November 1899. p. 673.
  4. "Weary Willie on His Travels". The Sunday Oregonian. Vol. 19, no. 3. Portland, Oregon. January 21, 1900.
  5. Hendrickson, Robert. "Mulligan Stew". Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins. ...made of meat and vegetables —whatever is available or can be begged or stolen. It is an American term, honoring an Irishman whose first name has been lost but who may have made a tasty Irish stew.
  6. Sachar, Louis (2004). Wayside School Is Falling Down. HarperTrophy. p. 28.
  7. Silverstein, Shel (1974). "Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too". Where the Sidewalk Ends. Harper and Row.
  8. "Betty Francis on Mad Men is the Six Season's Best Storyline". The XX Factor Blog. Slate Blogs. May 8, 2013.
  9. Woocher, Marisa & Weber, Lindsey (April 8, 2013). "Mad Men: Clip and Save the Recipe for Betty's Squatter Goulash". Vulture.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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На других языках


- [en] Mulligan stew

[ru] Маллиган стью

Маллиган-стью (англ. Mulligan stew), также известное как хобо-стью — стью или рагу, которое готовили американские бродяги в начале 1900-х годов[1].



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