On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 22:05:00 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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>"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.

LOL. When was the last time chicken was expensive?