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Matthew 3:7-10

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

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11 November, 2007

Oh, So Good Stew!

Again, I didn't come up with the name. The internet did.

3 Lb. stew meat, cut into bite sized pieces
2 Large onions, chopped
2 Cloves garlic, minced
1 T. Worcestershire Sauce
1/3 C. dry red wine
1/3 C. all purpose flour
2 T. sugar
1 Tsp. dried thyme
1/4 Tsp. black pepper
4 Cups beef broth
1 12 oz. Beer
3-4 Lg. potatoes, cubed 1-1/2 inch
4-5 Lg. carrots, sliced 1/2 in thick
2 C. coarsely chopped cabbage
3/4 C. coarsely chopped celery
2 Bay leaves
Salt

Combine the meat, onions, garlic, and Worcestershire in large pot. (No, you do not brown the meat first.) Cover and cook over med. heat for 30 minutes. Uncover and stir often until the liquid evaporates. Add wine and stir to release browned bits. Mix flour, sugar, thyme and pepper with one cup broth and stir to a smooth consistency. Add to pot along with the remaining 3 cups of broth. Add beer, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, celery and bay leaves. Cover and simmer until meat in very tender and vegetables are cooked. Season to taste with salt. Enjoy!

ROCKEL's notes:
~ The directions are a bit loose, but it's a stew, if all else fails throw everything together and let it stew.
~ As you've already discovered (unless you're reading this post in reverse order), this is just your basic "Meat and Potatoes/Veggies" stew. It's relatively simple and quite delicious, so I gave it relatively high marks.
~ I used sweet onions. They were delicious.
~ I love Worcestershire sauce so I added a bit more than suggested. It definitely worked.
~ I used a Pinot Noir for my red wine. Not my first choice in a cooking wine, but I so rarely cook with wine that I figured for 1/3 of a cup I could just buy a bottle of wine (on sale for 5 bucks) that I wouldn't mind drinking. Either way, the result was delicious, so... win, win.
~ Of all the things not to have, John and I have no (white) sugar in our kitchen. I, of course, assumed we did (why wouldn't we?) and didn't purchase any when I went to the store pre-cooking. As I didn't feel like returning to the store, I used some brown sugar that I had bought for a previous cooking escapade. I cut the amount to about 1-1.5 T because I wasn't sure how it would effect the flavor. It was fine.
~ I used Guinness for my beer. I already had some in house because of the birthday and, well, it's Guinness, why wouldn't you use it? It was delicious.
~ I'm a big fan of cabbage in stew. I upped my cabbage to about 3 c. It still could have been much more.

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ON THE NICKEL
by Tom Waits

("I'd like to do a new song here. This is eh, it's about downtown Los Angeles on 5th Street. And eh all the winos affectionately refer to it as The Nickel. So this is kind of a hobo's lullaby.")

sticks and stones will break my bones,
but i always will be true, and when
your mama is dead and gone,
i'll sing this lullabye just for you,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never comb their hair,
well they're lined up all around the block,
on the nickel over there.

so you better bring a bucket,
there is a hole in the pail,
and if you don't get my letter,
then you'll know that i'm in jail,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never say their prayers,
well they're sleepin' like a baby,
on the nickel over there.

and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star,
well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
just like punchlines between the cars,
and i know a place where a royal flush,
can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson,
is on the nickel over there.

so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain,
and you're always late for supper,
and man you let me down again,
i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where,
you can skip the light, with grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.

so what becomes of all the little boys,
who run away from home,
well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
once you get out on your own,
so here's to all the little boys,
the sandman takes you where,
you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman,
on the nickel over there.

so let's climb up through that button hole,
and we'll fall right up the stairs,
and i'll show you where the short dogs grow,
on the nickel over there.