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Cooking & Baking

LisaM

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7. No carrots? I put a lot of carrots in mine.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 03:55 PM

Mar 29

They're starchy so they provide some natural thickening and I like the taste.

I don't use tomato in my beef stew at all. I find it gives a metallic taste (I think this is peculiar to me). I also often turn the leftovers into pot pie or add dumplings, and neither one would work with tomatoes, IMO.

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Making beef stew on a cold sunny Sunday [View all] irisblue Mar 29 OP

mmmmm. AllaN01Bear Mar 29 #1

Sounds delic, Iris! SheltieLover Mar 29 #2

Quit it you!! Now I'm going to have hunger pains all p.m. because of your posting!! Ha ha heh! It's got to thinking SWBTATTReg Mar 29 #3

Stove top will take about 2-3 hrs. I have too many onions in this batch. irisblue Mar 29 #4

I don't think, if it is homemade, that one can mess up the recipes that they cook up. It's a meal SWBTATTReg Mar 29 #5

Welp my new to me west bend crockpot is a fast cooker. irisblue Mar 29 #6

No carrots? I put a lot of carrots in mine. LisaM Mar 29 #7

There are 2 handsfull of carrots, gotta have that. You ever put a puff pastry crust on top of stew irisblue Mar 29 #8

Yes, I have. LisaM Mar 29 #9

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