On 3/13/2021 5:52 PM, US Janet wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 15:04:57 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 3/13/2021 2:34 PM, US Janet wrote:
>>> On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:48:04 -0500, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/13/2021 11:07 AM, US Janet wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 21:46:34 -0800, Leo >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a true story.
>>>>>> Yesterday, I boiled some beef chunks along with BtB and a small can of tomato
>>>>>> sauce for beef stew. One section of my side fence had five slats knocked out
>>>>>> by the neighbor kid kicking balls against it, so I decided to hammer them
>>>>>> back into place.
>>>>>> I gathered the materials together along with a old scissor chair, so I could
>>>>>> pull out nails and staples while sitting down before banging the slats into
>>>>>> the fence again. I gathered the slats and sat down on the chair, ripped right
>>>>>> through and found myself smooshed on the bottom of the scissor in a fetal
>>>>>> position with my legs straight up in the air.
>>>>>> I was in a clamp with nobody around.
>>>>>> I panicked for a couple of minutes, strained a third of the way out of the
>>>>>> clamp, and rocked side-to-side until I fell onto the grass, extricated
>>>>>> myself, pulled out the nails from the slats, fixed the fence, discarded the
>>>>>> chair and announced to the women that we would be eating fast-food.
>>>>>> We had beef stew tonight.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> leo
>>>>>>
>>>>> Beware of chairs. I've always known that chairs will bite!
>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>
>>>> Especially those with old plastic webbing on the seat!
>>>>
>>>> Stew sounds good. I had planned to make beef stew this winter but never
>>>> got around to it... not that Spring or even Summer would stop me if I
>>>> had a hankering for stew.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> How do you do your stew? What do you put in yours? Mine is the basic
>>> brown gravy, beef cubes, carrots, potatoes, peas and a few tiny
>>> onions.
>>> https://hosting.photobucket.com/albu...psfqstlmjh.jpg
>>> (picture for Sheldon)
>>>
>>> Albertsons had a great sale going and specials for those folks that
>>> used their app. I also got a picture perfect chuck roast for pot
>>> roast. If there had been a smaller roast I would have gotten that for
>>> beef stew. I've had beef stew simmering in the back of my mind for
>>> several weeks now.
>>> Janet US
>>>
>> I, too, look for a small chuck roast to cut into cubes for beef stew. I
>> marinate the beef in 1/2 c. of dark red wine . Drain the beef,
>> reserving the wine. Roll the beef in seasoned flour to coat and brown
>> it in hot neutral oil in a deep pot. I add 4-5 cups of hot water and a
>> couple of cups of beef stock to the pot along with the reserved wine.
>> Add diced potatoes, onion, carrots, celery, a bay leaf and a bit of
>> dried thyme. Cover and simmer on low heat for about an hour, stirring
>> occasionally. Then I make drop dumplings to put on top. (My maternal
>> grandmother made beef stew with drop dumplings.) Bring the stew to a
>> boil and add the drop dumplings by teaspoonfuls into the stew. Reduce
>> heat and simmer 10 minutes with the pot uncovered, then simmered covered
>> another 10 minutes.
>>
>> Jill
>
> That sounds good. I never developed the knack for getting dumplings
> right. I bet marinating the beef in wine for a while makes a big
> difference in tendernesss.
> Janet US
>
The drop dumplings are a basic Betty Crocker recipe. I use the same
recipe when making chicken & dumplings.

Jill