Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "cshenk" > wrote in message
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> > 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:
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> >>> > 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.
>
> How could chicken stew be meatless? There was boneless, skinless,
> chicken breast. I just assumed that people would realize this from
> the name. I will use canned chicken for soup. Would not for stew
> unless we were snowed in or something and couldn't get fresh. I
> think stew needs larger chunks of meat.

Reading comprehension on your end is not good Julie. You didn't post
any meat as any of the ingredient. You titled it chicken stew so AS I
SAID may not be meatless.



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