30 Day meme

Day 03 – Your parents

Hmm. In three days, my parents will have been married for 44 years. Reasonably happily, too, which, given both their personalities, is both surprising and a given.

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Stew ala Dicky (for reference)

Flemish Beef Stew

1 & 1/2 lb lean stewing beef cut into 1" chunks
2 tbsp plain flour
3 tbsp vegetable oil
8 oz onions, sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tbsp soft dark brown sugar
3/4 pint (that's 15 fl oz!) Guinness or other dark beer
1 beef stock cube, crumbled
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
pinch of ground cloves
salt
freshly ground black pepper

Use a large, preferable cast iron casserole.

Coat the beef cubes with the four
Brown the meat on all sides in the oil. Remove from the pan and set aside.
Add the onions and garlic to the casserole and fry gently for five minutes (I usually find a bit more oil is necessary) until soft. Add the sugar and fry for a further minute
Combine the ale, stock cube, vinegar and mustard, and add to the casserole. Stir and bring to the boil.
Return the beef to the casserole, add the cloves, and season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook in a preheated oven (300 degrees F) for about 3 hours.

The recipe book suggests serving with hot buttered noodles and broccoli.

Yum

So, even though it was a lot warmer than I thought it would be today (not having glanced at the forecast for a few days), I made stew for supper. Kim chee stew. It was really, really good, even though the kim chee was used in stew because it was not good at all (though not bad bad).

And I also made wheat and dairy-free biscuits that were a success despite my experimentation!

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