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Goodly evening all...

With Halloween only days away at the end of October and the first three weeks in November is local deer hunting, winter (21st or 22nd of December) is fast approaching.

There was frost on the cars and roofs of the buildings this morning, not many boats in the marina either.

It is still dark at 07:00 hrs and it was minus five (5) Celsius.

Tonight it will be minus seven (7) Celsius.

We seldom eat a stew during the summer but after the first Autumn/Fall Frost out comes the old girls stew pot or slow cooker.

She has it in the slow cooker where it will remain overnight.

Just like a helicopter, a million parts all flying in unison looking for a place to have an accident, her stews are chuck full of just about every vegetable one can think of just waiting to be eaten.

This one has:
-cubed beef
-onions
-turnip
-parsnips
-carrots
-potatoes
-celery
-bay leaf, rosemary, garlic, sea salt, black peppercorns
-beef stock

Tomorrow we will taste our first Autumn Stew with a French Stick and cold salted butter...

No squirrel?

........A good stew always tastes better the second day...

I totally agree, Doug ! 

I hear ya Flying Trucker. It's that time of the year to put away the BBQ grill, and break out the stock pot for good ol stews, chillies, and soups.  Got fresh vegetables from the garden, and time to clear out the freezer to make room for the new game.

I love a good stew Doug, especially venison.

And my taste for chili has been rampant this week. I've had a bowl of chili twice and chili burgers once already and am thinking about having chili again for lunch.

I love a good Stew and Casserole....any time of the year!

Full of everything which is; "good for you"...(and me!)... ..!

Larry: An excess of Chillies?....Have you had any complaints from your Bowels yet?
..... ....!

Time to get my Casserole Crock-Pot out again....in the Oven for hours!

Paul...Steak and Kidney Pie for Dins today, with mashed potato with milk, butter, and cheese!

Thanks for the replies folks...

I love a good Stew and Casserole....any time of the year!

Full of everything which is; "good for you"...(and me!)... ..!

Larry: An excess of Chillies?....Have you had any complaints from your Bowels yet?
..... ....!

Time to get my Casserole Crock-Pot out again....in the Oven for hours!

Paul...Steak and Kidney Pie for Dins today, with mashed potato with milk, butter, and cheese!

Nope, no complaints Paul. Might need to stock up on buttermilk though.

Sounds delicious!    Puts me in the mood for lamb stew.

Why I make my own food -

Who would eat this slop? It looks like something I'd slap together at 2am on a Saturday night after some serious drinking and if I were out of absolutely everything else.

Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Corn
Chicken nuggets
Cheese
Bacon

KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl commercial (YouTube)



Barf.

Why I make my own food -

Who would eat this slop? It looks like something I'd slap together at 2am on a Saturday night after some serious drinking and if I were out of absolutely everything else.

Barf.

I think your last comment says it all!
It looks like barf in a bowl.

Why I make my own food -

Who would eat this slop? It looks like something I'd slap together at 2am on a Saturday night after some serious drinking and if I were out of absolutely everything else.

Barf.

I think your last comment says it all!
It looks like barf in a bowl.

Good lord, they have finally come up with something worse than Poutine! All they need now is some raisins to hide the mouse droppings.   :P

WOAH! Am I the only one who pours a beer in the stew? I didn't see it mentioned above.

Oh yeah, it's mandatory.  Beer (or wine) in stew and chili.  Wine goes in pretty much anything because it adds saltiness.

Hi folks...

I use wine and usually home made wine as we used to do quite a few different types such as:
-dandelion
-apple "several different types"
-raspberry
-strawberry
-blueberry
-blackberry
-red and black currant
-gooseberry
-several grape types

And we also turned many of the above into jams and jellies.

As for Beer we made about a dozen different types along with getting several crocks (An earthen jar made of baked clay) of Corn Liquor from the neighbours farms and several different Ciders...

Now our eldest son and family carry on the tradition along with their brothers and sisters in various parts of the country.
It makes for some very interesting drinks which are added to the cook book we put out just for the family and produced every two years at a camp out family reunion.
Each individual family adds a recipe a year prior to the reunion which give time to put it all together...

Now you mentioned beer in the stew...
Myself I braise beef in beer before it goes into the stew, that is the only beer that goes into my beef stew.

I will use wine in something else but not my beef stew.

The old girl has her own way of doing things when cooking and between the two of us we can muster up a pretty good meal especially when it come to wild game...