In preparation for Bowls of Brown

A Feast of Ice and Fire includes a quote from the books referencing each dish before the recipe.  The quote for Bowls of Brown comes from Book One: A Game of Thrones.

In the Bottom there were pt-shops along the alleys where huge tubs of stew had been simmering for years. . . but the brown wasn't so bad. It usually had barley in it, and chunks of carrot and onions and turnip, and sometimes even apple, with a film of grease swimming at the top.

 The preface to the recipe goes on to say that the authors intend for it to match

the original description, in that it is thick and full of a variety of meats and vegetables, and, because it's intended for the poor, entirely without frills.

The recipe calls for 5 pounds of mixed meat, suggesting items relatively easy to find at the grocery.

But here's the thing... I've already mentioned how much I enjoy cooking the heck out of meaty bones for days to make a mix of broths and hearty soups. Creating the soup as it is listed would be tasty, no doubt, although not the prettiest to look at. But what's the draw? What differentiates this"bowl of" from other "bowls of" that I have made and written about, color notwithstanding.

I made a decision to depart from AFOIAF on this one, and go with 5 pounds of mixed exotic meats.

If nothing else, it allowed me to rationalize buying this when Kangaroo most certainly wasn't included on my initial, extensive meat list.

The others I am considering are lamb (got it), elk (need it), boar (need it), and ostrich (need it).

I will likely try to reserve a small amount of each meat to prepare a sample for tasting each on their own through the course of the meal. That will be an interesting meal, and with 5 pounds of mixed meat, I will have enough to feed a small army...