"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 9/25/2018 4:19 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 3:55:37 PM UTC-4,
>> wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 5:16:47 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 2:38:24 AM UTC-4, Roy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry to be so critical but try and stay with the more conventional
>>>>> ingredients
>>>>> if you are going to label it "beef stew".
>>>>>
>>>>> ====
>>>>
>>>> Luckily, you don't get to decide for everybody what "beef stew" is.
>>>> This
>>>> is one of my favorites:
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/ethiopian-spicy-beef-stew-key-wat-436458>
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>
>>> But Ju-Ju is making 'cream of icebox' soup. A bunch of leftovers she is
>>> calling 'beef stew.'
>>
>> I doubt she's the first cook to stretch out the meat with beans.
>> Perhaps not necessary in this time and place, and not my cuppa tea,
>> but I don't have to eat her cooking.
>>
>> Her comment about leftovers was a red herring. Typical Julie
>> stream-of-consciousness.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
> I can't speak for others but when I cook something that will net leftovers
> (such as a stew) I do it intentionally. That's why I have a freezer. I
> very rarely have little dribs and drabs of things in the refrigerator that
> I need to use up. I certainly don't find myself trying to cobble together
> a bunch of leftover stuff in the fridge to make a meal. Just add brown
> rice! LOL
>
> YMMV. 
Not that *I* am not the one who said that. I buy a lot of fresh produce. I
often find that I bought one too many Roma tomatoes or some such thing. Or
sometimes the produce comes packaged with more than I need for one meal.
It's quite easy to add this stuff to a soup, stew, casserole, etc. And I get
no complaints about my cooking. Only compliments. The lentils and Kielbasa
and the white bean and kale soup got rave reviews.
I don't like to cook most stuff for the freezer. I do keep seasoned taco
meat for quick salads or tostadas and small amounts of plain chicken, beef
and brown rice in case I make something that Zorro can't eat. He is eating
some dog food now but still likes my cooking.