Mulligan stew is an improvised dish said to have been prepared by American hobos in camps in the early 1900s. The first mention of Mulligan stew in print appeared in The Yukon Midnight Sun in 1904. "Mulligan" is a stand-in 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. A local Appalachian variant is a burgoo, where the available ingredients might include squirrel or 'possum. Only a pot and a fire are required. The hobo who put it together was known as the "mulligan mixer".
As an alcoholic beverage
Mulligan stew is also an alcoholic mixed drink with a rum base, usually set on fire.
In popular culture
- Mark Knopfler's song Old Pigweed on his album The Ragpicker's Dream is about a mulligan stew.
- The Lady Is a Tramp, who dined on mulligan stew and never wished for turkey.
- Tom Waits's son Jitterbug Boy on his album Small Change mentions eating mulligan stew.
- The term also appears in Shel Silverstein's poem "Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too"
- Elvis Presley's version of Old MacDonald' mentions it at the end
- Mentioned on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show by a hobo living in the woods.
- Mentioned in an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Xander
See also
- Irish stew
- Brunswick stew
- burgoo
References
- ^ "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."
- ^ WiseGeek.com
- ^ "...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."
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