Get the latest Varmint recipes from Group Recipes. http://www.grouprecipes.com/tag/varmint Stress on the first syllable — Kentuckians don't speak French. Burgoo is a stew made in vast quantities in Kentucky, and as far as I know, it unknown outside the Bluegrass State. Burgoo is a western Kentucky dish — and western Kentucky is one of the very few places in the US where mutton is popular. There really isn't a recipe for burgoo. There are many variants, and Kentuckians often engage in burgoo wars. The other thing about burgoo is that most recipes make hundreds of gallons. This is Robin Garr's burgoo recipe, which was in turn his grandfather's recipe. Note that it says: "Some traditional Burgoo procedures call for varmint meat, whatever's available from squirrels and rabbits to weasel, possum and stranger stuff, but this is strictly optional, and city folk generally don't hold with it." Do with that information what you will. http://www.grouprecipes.com/11477/kentucky-burgoo.html