Mary Rose Hayden's Rabbit Stew

"Uncle Dave & Aunt Mary Rose (Hayden)  lived on Frogtown Road.  They were a very nice family.

She’d cook anything I packed in over there.”

                                        ----Butch Votaw, St. Mary, Kentucky

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When I asked Butch Votaw what his very favorite recipe is, he paused only a second before replying, "Rabbit Stew". 

He submitted this recipe in memory of  "Aunt" Mary Rose Hayden of Frogtown Road in St. Mary's...

BUTCH'S OLD TIME RABBIT STEW

Original Recipe from Aunt Rose Hayden

2 Dead Rabbits

1 cup chopped Celery

1 cup chopped Onion

2 teaspoons Salt

2 teaspoons Pepper

2 cups chopped Potatoes

1 cup chopped Carrots

6 cups Cream of Mushroom Soup

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Combine rabbit, celery, onion, salt, pepper and simmer in stockpot for 3 hours. Drain off water and cool. Remove bones from meat and put back in stockpot with celery, onion, salt and pepper. Add potatoes and carrots with some water and cook untiol potatioes and carrots are done. Drain off water and add cream of mushroom soup. Simmer until ready, and serve with crispy fried corn bread.

Serves 3 hungry people or 6 not so hungry people.

This is Butch's pride and joy-his little granddaughter.

Not only did Butch give me the recipe, he and this sweet little girl brought over a sampling of the rabbit stew, complete with a serving of fried cornbread. Mmm Mmm Good!