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Article: Kentucky's other pride and joy: burgoo
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 16, 2009
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A lot of tasty things come from Kentucky. Some, like bourbon and barbecue, have traveled the country and the world, staking the Bluegrass State's claim for producing top-notch whiskey and delicious slow-cooked meats.
Others, like the regional specialty known as burgoo, never really left their home turf. Outside of western Kentucky, there are few restaurants serving the meaty stew that's become a spring and summer staple here.
Kentuckians aren't complaining. They're happy to have burgoo to themselves. May kicks off the burgoo season in Owensboro, a city of 65,000 on the Ohio River between Cincinnati and St. Louis. Rising from the green, rolling countryside, Owensboro -- about a five-hour ...
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