Food. A thick
chicken and
beef stew with
carrots and
potatoes,
celery, shredded
cabbage,
corn, and seasoning. It originates in northeast
Wisconsin, and is typically cooked in massive proportions in a cleaned-out oil drum, or very large
kettle.
In the Green Bay area, no outdoor social event, including village festivals, birthday/confirmation/graduation parties, or wedding receptions, is complete without an enormous barrel of booyah, with a stack of paper bowls and plastic untensils. Usually enough to feed 500 people.
Word origin: Possibly from the French bouillir, "to boil." (Green Bay Press-Gazette)