My wife and her parents brought back a couple of quarts of Brunswick stew from a local fair today, and I opened one up. By the time I was done, I had eaten an entire quart for lunch.
Everyone seemed surprised that I ate an entire quart - is that a lot of stew??
Actually I’m starting to regret it a bit …
A quart is probably 4 servings. That said, I’ve been known to eat a quart of stew.
That is a lot of stew. I would recommend skipping dinner.
Or have a little more stew. What the hell. Yum!
If it was good brunswick stew, then it’s worth whatever the consequences may be. Course, I’m glad I won’t be there when you do suffer the consequences. 
I’ve done a quart of stew before. Of course, it was very good stew. Be prepared for the consequences, however. Take a book.
Here’s the breakdoen for one cup. You ate four cups. Sounds like way too much food to me.
Calories 320 ( Kilojoules 1338 )
% Daily
Value*
Total Fat 14 g 22%
Saturated Fat 3.5 g 18%
Cholesterol 77 mg 26%
Sodium 393 mg 16%
Total Carbohydrates 19 g 6%
Dietary Fiber 3 g 12%
Sugars -
Protein 29 g
Potassium 634 mg
http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-meals-brunswick-stew_f-Y2lkPTQwNDkxJmJpZD05MjkmZmlkPTgxNzEyJnBhcj0.html
Well, it was good stew! It was poured right from the big black kettle into the mason jar, with a lot of meat (chicken).
So far, the consequences have been minimal. Dinner is approaching; I’m not too hungry, but could still manage to eat something. Actually the thought of eating more stew sounds pretty good!
After I finished the first jar, I asked my wife why she only brought back two quarts. She just rolled her eyes.
Thanks for the breakdown, and the cool link. Plugging in 4 servings in the calculator gives 1280 calories and 56 grams of fat. That’s actually not as bad as I feared. Sad to say, it’s on par with some of my other typical meals. I tend to eat 50% or more of my daily calories at one sitting several times a week.
wait, there’s a “too much” with stew?
hmmm. i don’t buy it.
No need to get into a stew about this…
What you did may be a little stewpid…
One Burger King Whopper with Cheese:
790 calories, 48 fat grams
Side of French Fries:
387 calories, 20 fat grams
Total: 1177 calories, 68 fat grams
Not that Burger King is necessarily health food, but you didn’t do too bad. Just don’t have a quart of stew *every *day.