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Default Stew without potatoes?


"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 4/20/2019 8:42 AM, Gary wrote:
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> I got some stew meat and am going to use it for stew tomorrow. I don't
>>> use a
>>> recipe. Just throw whatever veggies I have in there but I've always used
>>> potatoes.
>>>
>>> I am going to be making potatoes on Easter so I'm not sure I want to eat
>>> them two days in a row.

>>
>>> I don't want a huge pot of it as I'm cooking a lot for Easter and don't
>>> want
>>> a lot of leftover stew.
>>>
>>> So my question is... Do you think this will work without the potato? I
>>> could
>>> always put a small amount in such as one Russet. I think I have a few
>>> Russets.

>>
>> Good grief, Julie. Make it as you like it. Use all the potatoes
>> that you normally do.

>
> Or just leave 'em out. There's no law that says stew must contain
> potatoes.
>
>> What you don't eat can be saved in pint
>> containers in your FREEZER. Lasts for at least 6 months. That's
>> what freezers are for. Just quit loading up your freezer with ice
>> cream and popsicles, etc.
>>

> I don't know what she's got in her freezer but she'll likely say there
> isn't any room or she doesn't have [zero in on *pint*] containers or some
> such thing.


Nope. I don't like to eat soup/stew/meals from the freezer. I do cook some
meat ahead and portion it out. Mainly chicken and ground beef. Need to buy
more to do that.