I got six rabbits sent to me recently. Please, don’t ask — I have good friends in high places. And yes, my freezer looked like a tiny meat locker. So, I’ve been trying to recreate this stew I had one ...

Recipe adapted by Gayle B. Smith from a recipe in “Civil War Recipes, Receipts from the Pages of Godey’s Lady’s Book,” edited by Lily May Spaulding and John Spaulding, The University Press of Kentucky ...