"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 19:24:00 -0500, barbie gee >
> wrote:
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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:
>> >>
>> >>> On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 20:29:10 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> 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.
>>
>> actually, it's all very starchy;
>> white beans
>> corn
>> potatoes
>> peas
>
> It's poor folks food.

Ha! Not with the amount of chicken that I put in there. Was heavy on the
chicken.