Talk:Booyah (stew)

Origin
What is the origin of the food? -- ke4roh 15:21, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

Booya = Bouja?
According to a couple of sources, a Polish soup called Bouja is commonly made in Minnesota and served at church fundraisers. Probably this is the real derivation of "booya," a phonetic spelling. The other history would appear to be false.

See http://www.hub-uk.com/family/family0041.htm Also http://www.recipezaar.com/82625

Drollison 00:04, 9 August 2006 (UTC)drollison

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The booyah page needs cleanup.
It is written very messily, and someone should probably give it a cleanup banner. I can't do much because I don't have an account and I don't know much about the subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.219.153.167 (talk) 21:42, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Usually spelled "booya" in western Minnesota
I live in Saint Paul and often see signs in late summer through fall advertising a booya. Some are sponsored by churches, but many appear to be community celebrations. If there is a connection to ethnic Poles, it is well-concealed. Booya refers both to the soup and the event. I do not know anything about how the soup is prepared. Cburkitt (talk) 21:50, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I am also a Saint Paul resident, and I have never seen any spelling of the word other than "Booya". The trailing "h" is totally unknown here. I made a few changes and additions to the article based on my own personal experience - I have eaten my share of booya over the years, mostly prepared at the Highland Park kettles. A booya is generally held as a fundraising event by a church or a local "booster club" - which uses the proceeds to fund activities of local charities and/or athletic teams; softball, tee-ball for children, other worthy local causes and so forth.

In the spirit of fun, there has traditionally been a good-willed "battle" over which church or organization had the best recipe for their booya, with various groups claiming (unofficially) to top the others. Drlegendre (talk) 03:37, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It's not seen as "bouja" anywhere because the article has it right, in that it's a derivation from French, and is in fact French in origin. Minnecologies t,c 00:12, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Without citations, this discussion is little more to Wikipedia than a "tastes great/less filling" contest, although I find it interesting to learn about. My mother and her mother (who was brought to the U.S. from Poland as a little girl) have never mentioned "booya" to me, although they settled in western Pennsylvania and relocated to the D.C. area where I grew up. This must be a regional thing. I searched for the term because it was used in a TV episode of "Weeds" to refer to reefer. Anyway, this article definitely needs fixing up. Boteman (talk) 06:00, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, regional: Booya is a thick stew of unknown origin occurring throughout the Upper Midwest region of the United States. I intended to start cleaning it up a month ago but it got sidelined. Thanks for the reminder. Minnecologies t,c 14:21, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Usually spelled "booyah" in northeastern Wisconsin
For what it's worth, I was born and raised in northeastern Wisconsin near Green Bay, and no place would ever spell it "booya". Always with an "h" at the end in our area of the state. In fact, never having gone to a church picnic type event outside of Wisconsin, I have never seen it without the "h" until reading this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.30.37.185 (talk) 05:31, 9 June 2012 (UTC)