jmcquown wrote:
>

> >>
> >> I definitely don't put tomatoes in stew... why do people do that?
> >> It's not chili!
> >>
> >> Jill
> >>
> >>
> > The acid in the tomato marry's the other ingredients and pulls them
> > together.
> > Real chili doesn't have any tomatoes in it either.
>
> This is not the time to get into a "real chili" debate. Beef stew doesn't
> contain tomatoes, sorry, BZZZZZZT!

Stew is a style of cooking, and anything can go in it. Chicken
Chausser is a chicken stew, and it has tomatoes, like it's
Italian cousin cacciatore. Some beef stew recipes call for
tomato. I prefer it with just a little tomato paste. Too much
tomato paste or too much carrot will ruin the taste of my stew,
but it takes a heck of a lot more carrot to overdo it than tomato
paste.