When we experienced blizzard warnings earlier this week I
thought it sounded like beef stew weather.

I browned 2 lb. of beef in a little olive oil and added it
to 2 cups beef broth and a generous cup or two of red wine
in a heavy kettle. Next I browned a large chopped onion
(maybe 1 1/2 cups) and about half of a bunch of chopped
celery and a couple of cloves of minced garlic. That was
added to the kettle with the drained contents of a can of
chopped tomatoes and five large carrots, chopped. I added
salt, fresh ground black pepper, a bay leaf, and various
pinches of thyme, marjoram and basil.

After a few hours of simmering it tasted good but needed
something. I added a few more herbs, tasted, than added a
glug (maybe 1 or 2 Tbsp) of balsamic vinegar. Wow, what a
difference that made. It perked up the flavor tremendously
while not adding any particular flavor if its own.

I served it with home made corn muffins and it must have
been good because my husband had two servings and our son
who was staying overnight had three. It was even better at
lunch the next day.

gloria p

Puester > wrote:

> After a few hours of simmering it tasted good but needed
> something. I added a few more herbs, tasted, than added a
> glug (maybe 1 or 2 Tbsp) of balsamic vinegar. Wow, what a
> difference that made. It perked up the flavor tremendously
> while not adding any particular flavor if its own.

I use reduced balsamic vinegar as the special ingredient in a lot of
beef dishes, especially pot roast and stews. Add during the last
hour

-sw

"Puester" wrote:
>
> When we experienced blizzard warnings earlier this week I thought it
> sounded like beef stew weather.
>
> I browned 2 lb. of beef in a little olive oil and added it to 2 cups beef
> broth and a generous cup or two of red wine in a heavy kettle. Next I
> browned a large chopped onion (maybe 1 1/2 cups) and about half of a bunch
> of chopped celery and a couple of cloves of minced garlic. That was added
> to the kettle with the drained contents of a can of chopped tomatoes and
> five large carrots, chopped. I added salt, fresh ground black pepper, a
> bay leaf, and various pinches of thyme, marjoram and basil.
>
> After a few hours of simmering it tasted good but needed something. I
> added a few more herbs, tasted, than added a glug (maybe 1 or 2 Tbsp) of
> balsamic vinegar. Wow, what a difference that made. It perked up the
> flavor tremendously while not adding any particular flavor if its own.
>
> I served it with home made corn muffins and it must have been good because
> my husband had two servings and our son who was staying overnight had
> three. It was even better at lunch the next day.
>
>
Browned some seasoned beef...
Got a couple cans ale, and tomato paste:
http://i41.tinypic.com/244ppj4.jpg

Can't have beef stew without veggies:
http://i41.tinypic.com/15g6x4w.jpg

Six hours later:
http://i39.tinypic.com/dlky1i.jpg

Oh yeah:
http://i40.tinypic.com/fk2wza.jpg

brooklyn1 > wrote:

> Browned some seasoned beef...
> Got a couple cans ale, and tomato paste:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/244ppj4.jpg
>
> Can't have beef stew without veggies:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/15g6x4w.jpg
>
> Six hours later:
> http://i39.tinypic.com/dlky1i.jpg
>
> Oh yeah:
> http://i40.tinypic.com/fk2wza.jpg


Oh. My. God.

Talk about a bowl of overcooked slop, that shit looks like hell.

No doubt about it. You certainly put the GORE in gore-may, Sheldon.

-sw

On Mar 28, 2:31*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> brooklyn1 > wrote:
> > Browned some seasoned beef...
> > Got a couple cans ale, and tomato paste:
> >http://i41.tinypic.com/244ppj4.jpg
>
> > Can't have beef stew without veggies:
> >http://i41.tinypic.com/15g6x4w.jpg
>
> > Six hours later:
> >http://i39.tinypic.com/dlky1i.jpg
>
> > Oh yeah:
> >http://i40.tinypic.com/fk2wza.jpg
>
> Oh. * My. * God. *
>
> Talk about a bowl of overcooked slop, that shit looks like hell.
>
> No doubt about it. *You certainly put the GORE in gore-may, Sheldon.
>
> -sw

I dunno...I thought it looked tasty except for the HUGE onions!! But
then I'm poor so most times just about anything looks good.

"Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
...
On Mar 28, 2:31 pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> brooklyn1 > wrote:
> > Browned some seasoned beef...
> > Got a couple cans ale, and tomato paste:
> >http://i41.tinypic.com/244ppj4.jpg
>
> > Can't have beef stew without veggies:
> >http://i41.tinypic.com/15g6x4w.jpg
>
> > Six hours later:
> >http://i39.tinypic.com/dlky1i.jpg
>
> > Oh yeah:
> >http://i40.tinypic.com/fk2wza.jpg
>
> Oh. My. God.
>
> Talk about a bowl of overcooked slop, that shit looks like hell.
>
> No doubt about it. You certainly put the GORE in gore-may, Sheldon.
>
> -sw

I dunno...I thought it looked tasty except for the HUGE onions!! But
then I'm poor so most times just about anything looks good.

I like onions in stew to look like onions... were I more energetc today I
would have made a trip into town for boiling onions. The sqwartz dwarf is
not familiar with good homemade stew with big chunks of quality meat and
veggies, he's used to Dinty Moore from a can, where it's like 90% thick
gloppy salty gravy colored with caramelized sugar and just a few itty bitty
bits of gristley commercial grade mystery meat and teeny bits of slimey
veggies that were snatched up just ten minutes aways from the compost
heap... the friggin' can cost more than the contents.

My stew turned out very tasty indeed. The two cans of ale is a major flavor
booster, I don't like to cook beef with wine... beef cooked with wine is a
sissy's dish, real men kuchen beef mitten beer, Ach! And even folks who are
poor can afford to make a big potful that'll feed eight hungry adults
well.... and in case a helicopter landed with more guests I coulda easily
stretched that stew a good 50% with a pound of those wide curly egg noodles,
buttered. So for like $1 each I can feed a dozen hungry adults. That's a
28 ounce bowl, I'm too stuffed to eat another thing until tomorrow. I don't
even know if I'm gonna have room for my Crystal Palace... alright, let's not
over milk that titty! LOL

brooklyn1 > wrote:

> The sqwartz dwarf is
> not familiar with good homemade stew with big chunks of quality meat and
> veggies,

http://i40.tinypic.com/z5vgk.jpg

I win.

-sw

On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:54:55 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> wrote:

>On Mar 28, 2:31*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>> brooklyn1 > wrote:
>> > Browned some seasoned beef...
>> > Got a couple cans ale, and tomato paste:
>> >http://i41.tinypic.com/244ppj4.jpg
>>
>> > Can't have beef stew without veggies:
>> >http://i41.tinypic.com/15g6x4w.jpg
>>
>> > Six hours later:
>> >http://i39.tinypic.com/dlky1i.jpg
>>
>> > Oh yeah:
>> >http://i40.tinypic.com/fk2wza.jpg
>>
>> Oh. * My. * God. *
>>
>> Talk about a bowl of overcooked slop, that shit looks like hell.
>>
>> No doubt about it. *You certainly put the GORE in gore-may, Sheldon.
>>
>> -sw
>
>I dunno...I thought it looked tasty except for the HUGE onions!! But
>then I'm poor so most times just about anything looks good.

I thought it looked good too. You'd have to cut the potatoes too, but
so what? It can be done with your fork.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Sat 28 Mar 2009 04:09:00p, sf told us...

> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:54:55 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> > wrote:
>
>>On Mar 28, 2:31*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>> brooklyn1 > wrote:
>>> > Browned some seasoned beef...
>>> > Got a couple cans ale, and tomato paste:
>>> > http://i41.tinypic.com/244ppj4.jpg
>>>
>>> > Can't have beef stew without veggies:
>>> > http://i41.tinypic.com/15g6x4w.jpg
>>>
>>> > Six hours later: http://i39.tinypic.com/dlky1i.jpg
>>>
>>> > Oh yeah:
>>> >http://i40.tinypic.com/fk2wza.jpg
>>>
>>> Oh. * My. * God. *
>>>
>>> Talk about a bowl of overcooked slop, that shit looks like hell.
>>>
>>> No doubt about it. *You certainly put the GORE in gore-may, Sheldon.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>>I dunno...I thought it looked tasty except for the HUGE onions!! But
>>then I'm poor so most times just about anything looks good.
>
> I thought it looked good too. You'd have to cut the potatoes too, but
> so what? It can be done with your fork.

I also thought it looked good, and I prefer having larger size pieces of
vegetables in a stew, otherwise (to me) it's "soup" not stew. I use larger
"boiler" onions in stew that are probably about the same size that Sheldon
used.

My only other comment, but not a criticism, is that I prefer stew made with
a brown base, not tomato, although I sometimes put small diced tomatoes in
it that have been well-drained.

--
Wayne Boatwright

"One man's meat is another man's poison"
- Oswald Dykes, English writer, 1709.

brooklyn1 wrote:
> Browned some seasoned beef...
> Got a couple cans ale, and tomato paste:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/244ppj4.jpg
>
> Can't have beef stew without veggies:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/15g6x4w.jpg
>
> Six hours later:
> http://i39.tinypic.com/dlky1i.jpg
>
> Oh yeah:
> http://i40.tinypic.com/fk2wza.jpg


What can I say, except what time is dinner! :-P


Becca

In article >,
"brooklyn1" > wrote:

> >
> Browned some seasoned beef...
> Got a couple cans ale, and tomato paste:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/244ppj4.jpg
>
> Can't have beef stew without veggies:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/15g6x4w.jpg
>
> Six hours later:
> http://i39.tinypic.com/dlky1i.jpg
>
> Oh yeah:
> http://i40.tinypic.com/fk2wza.jpg

Hey, where's mine? ;-d
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

"Omelet" > wrote in message
news
> In article >,
> "brooklyn1" > wrote:
>
>> >
>> Browned some seasoned beef...
>> Got a couple cans ale, and tomato paste:
>> http://i41.tinypic.com/244ppj4.jpg
>>
>> Can't have beef stew without veggies:
>> http://i41.tinypic.com/15g6x4w.jpg
>>
>> Six hours later:
>> http://i39.tinypic.com/dlky1i.jpg
>>
>> Oh yeah:
>> http://i40.tinypic.com/fk2wza.jpg
>
> Hey, where's mine? ;-d
>
>
It's right here on the stove, I just finished another bowlful for dinner...
if you hurry the pot is still steaming hot.

In article >,
"brooklyn1" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> news
> > In article >,
> > "brooklyn1" > wrote:
> >
> >> >
> >> Browned some seasoned beef...
> >> Got a couple cans ale, and tomato paste:
> >> http://i41.tinypic.com/244ppj4.jpg
> >>
> >> Can't have beef stew without veggies:
> >> http://i41.tinypic.com/15g6x4w.jpg
> >>
> >> Six hours later:
> >> http://i39.tinypic.com/dlky1i.jpg
> >>
> >> Oh yeah:
> >> http://i40.tinypic.com/fk2wza.jpg
> >
> > Hey, where's mine? ;-d
> >
> >
> It's right here on the stove, I just finished another bowlful for dinner...
> if you hurry the pot is still steaming hot.

Ooh baby... ;-D
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

gloria p,

The first no recipe beef stew that came to mind was Dinty Moore.

Off the record?? Served me well on occasion.

<VBG>

Best,

Andy's Evil Twin

Is that what that was???

Sucker!

....

"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> gloria p,
>
> The first no recipe beef stew that came to mind was Dinty Moore.
>

As a kid I loved this stuff. Since I've been making my own, can't touch it.

cybercat said...

>
> "Andy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> gloria p,
>>
>> The first no recipe beef stew that came to mind was Dinty Moore.
>>
>
> As a kid I loved this stuff. Since I've been making my own, can't touch
> it.


cybercat,

I imagine so but... but... when I think of scratch homemade beef stew I
think of a giant feed-a-family-of-eight pot's worth!

I'm usually only hungry enough for three or four.

:9

Best,

Andy