Stews

[LotusSpirit]

Beautiful hearty meals - braising/stewing steak, seal and add stock, season, potato,onions,leeks,carrots crusty bread, beet root, red cabbage

Glorious, Wonderful, Amazing, a good stew cures all :-)

[Mr_Bean]

definitely. With some dumpings as well.

[timmyb]

I loves a good stew I do but haven't eaten one for years.
When I was little my dad had a boat moored on a local river and we'd often spend weekends sailing up and down or moored outside a pub (happy days). My mum used to make 'boat stew' which was eaten out of a bowl with a spoon. She used to add baked beans as well which seemed to make it even better.

[Pal]

Originally Posted by LotusSpirit

Beautiful hearty meals - braising/stewing steak, seal and add stock, season, potato,onions,leeks,carrots crusty bread, beet root, red cabbage

Glorious, Wonderful, Amazing, a good stew cures all :-)

Sounds good, send some my way.

[[Martin]]

Originally Posted by jb

definitely. With some dumpings as well.

To herb or not to herb though? I never used to put herbs in dumplings but then my ex forced me to try it and now I can't go back *







* Perhaps the most guardianista post I've ever made. I'll try and top it in the new year with a thread on sourdough or something

[hellotiger]

Ooh I love stew. Scouse is the best

[T]

Originally Posted by hellotiger

Ooh I love stew. Scouse is the best

[les]

Originally Posted by Cornog's Ghost

To herb or not to herb though? I never used to put herbs in dumplings but then my ex forced me to try it and now I can't go back *
* Perhaps the most guardianista post I've ever made. I'll try and top it in the new year with a thread on sourdough or something

I always add herbs to my dumplings

[Mr_Bean]

presumably parsley you add? That's the only herb I've tried adding.

[Generation Erm]

stews with dumplings rock. lets not forget homemade winter warming soups too.

[Pablo Huntsbach]

What's the difference between stew and casserole? I've never quite understood.

[Pandapop]

Originally Posted by Pablo Huntsbach

What's the difference between stew and casserole? I've never quite understood.

Isn't it that a casserole is cooked slowly in the oven and stew is cooked on the hob?

[Pablo Huntsbach]

^Makes sense, I've never attempted to cook either of them myself. At home I've only ever had casserole then, but my nan used to do a stew. It wasn't that great. She used to melt down some extra lard to mix in with the gravy so it was filled with greasy bubbles***8230;

[les]

Originally Posted by jb

presumably parsley you add? That's the only herb I've tried adding.

It depends on the meat being cooked there is always the standard mixed herbs,
Thyme and Rosemary with lamb, Horseradish, or English mustard powder with beef, Sage or Marjoram for chickhen.

[timmyb]

The difference might be that stews are more liquid? I know that we used to eat casserole off a plate and stew out of a bowl.

[firemonkey]

I prefer lamb stew to beef, but given the exorbitant price of lamb it's not a cheap meal any more.

[Sunshine Recorder]

I used to love neck 'o' mutton stew with dumplings. It was the favourite food my nan used to make

[яemus]

I love making Lancashire hotpot with all organic ingredients which make it taste even better

[jsw]

Originally Posted by Cornog's Ghost

* Perhaps the most guardianista post I've ever made. I'll try and top it in the new year with a thread on sourdough or something

I saw some granola on sale today with quinoa in it. Double Guardianista score!

[Sunshine Recorder]

^^Yummy, I want

[[Martin]]

Originally Posted by jsw

I saw some granola on sale today with quinoa in it. Double Guardianista score!

[jsw]

Originally Posted by Entity

^^Yummy, I want

TK Maxx. It was an American import - about a fiver I think.

[ghost.of.an.englishman]

Originally Posted by Pablo Huntsbach

What's the difference between stew and casserole? I've never quite understood.

where's Ryan?

I'm not sure if there's a clear difference, but stews are usually slow cooked. Or ours are, at least. With casseroles we usually make a roux first, and add that. Though you can also do that with stews too I associate stew more with beef or lamb, and casserole with things like chicken, though that's probably not set in stone either.

[[Martin]]

^^ Pretty sure Pandapop's answer above is correct. Or at least it is in my book anyway Yeah, I start off my stew's with a roux. I was brought up eating horrible, watery-oxo stews so they need that thickness for me.



Edit: If there isn't one already, we totally need a video thread with us cooking our favourite recipes.

[ghost.of.an.englishman]

Originally Posted by Cornog's Ghost

^^ Pretty sure Pandapop's answer above is correct. Or at least it is in my book anyway Yeah, I start off my stew's with a roux. I was brought up eating horrible, watery-oxo stews so they need that thickness for me.



Edit: If there isn't one already, we totally need a video thread with us cooking our favourite recipes.

well, we pretty much always put stews in the oven, and yeah I sometimes add a roux to my stew as well. Who knows! When I think of stew I usually think of a tough joint of meat that needs slow cooking, like oxtail or shin.

And you should! I'll post in it

[pinkwafer]

I love stews.

So many different kinds, too.

I don't have a favourite. I like tomato based ones, milk based, just stock based. I think I have never made a stew that didn't contain onions though.

I once made an apple and chicken stew, it was ok actually.

Can make them as low fat/calorie as want, too.

I think I like it that it's a cheap way to make lots of food and you can just bang in pretty much anything you like.

[Alf in Pog Form]

I don't know any Stewarts, but I know a Stuart...


/postoftheyear

[Serephina]

Mmm beef casserole and dumplings