"barbie gee" > wrote in message
crg.pbz...
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> On Sun, 24 Apr 2016, jmcquown wrote:
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>> On 4/24/2016 2:53 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>> sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>> On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 20:29:10 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
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>>>>> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That's our dinner. We had that freak heat wave and now it is cool
>>>>>> and rainy. So I made the stew. It smelled so good while cooking
>>>>>> that the cats looked up at me with big eye, licking their lips.
>>>>>> It has potatoes, white beans, creamed corn, corn, peas, green
>>>>>> beans onions, celery, salt, pepper, parsley and bay leaves. Also
>>>>>> a very small amount of Wondra flour. The creamed corn was a boo
>>>>>> boo. I don't usually buy it and didn't realize I had grabbed the
>>>>>> wrong can until I saw it going in. It did add nice body to it so
>>>>>> it needed very little thickening.
>>>>>
>>>>> With minor variation, that is called burgoo here.
>>>>
>>>> I've looked at burgoo recipes before and not wanted to try it, but
>>>> Julie's version sounds good to me. I realize now that I've make Caldo
>>>> Verde several times that potato starch alone (even from yellow
>>>> potatoes) thickens well, but I like the creamed corn idea. I'd
>>>> probably throw in some whole kernels "just because", but that's me.
>>>
>>> I posted a few that show a lot of variation and her recipe title was a
>>> chicken stew so maybe it was not meatless (didnt see meat in the
>>> ingredients but thats ok, none of us post perfectly).
>>>
>>> I liked her version too. Even if the recipes I had in stock do not
>>> show it, canned creamed corn is very commonly added. The potato feels
>>> one off to me but the general versions use it so I'm the oddball there.
>>>
>> To me, the addition of white beans AND potatoes in this dish seemed off.
>> Double the starch.
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> actually, it's all very starchy;
> white beans
> corn
> potatoes
> peas

There was also green beans and proportionally a lot of celery and onion.
When I cook stuff like this, I make sure to put in more of the non starchy
stuff than anything else. It was a very big pot of stew. There is still
some left and we ate it two days in a row. The chicken was a family pack.

I have learned that at least for me, the eye appeal of the food is as
important as the other aspects. If I can look in the bowl and see a couple
of peas, a corn kernel, a potato chunk, it's all good. Doesn't have to be a
lot of that stuff in there. As long as my eye can see it, I am happy.