http://peterdcox.me.uk Long time ramblings, rantings and sometimes serious stuff by Welsh immigrant from England Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:44:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/81040cb3b067af466bc81c59e243742d?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://peterdcox.me.uk http://peterdcox.me.uk/2007/10/11/observer-status-as-beef-stew-hits-home/ http://peterdcox.me.uk/2007/10/11/observer-status-as-beef-stew-hits-home/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:31:00 +0000 peterdcox http://peterdcox.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/observer-status-as-beef-stew-hits-home/ ]]> A day rushing about ended by walking into a house filled with the smells of home cooking, for which I had not had to lift a finger. The day picked up no end!
In my absence a hearty beef casserole had been made from some really good looking chunks of English beef. I was too late to observe the work, so no recipe here, but what’s there to say about making a fine casserole? Leave yourself plenty of time so that cooking can be slow and easy, otherwise you just have to decide whether it is basically going to be based on a red wine and root vegetables mix, or perhaps more tomatoes and summer veg like peppers. Or, of course, a pragmatic combi of both if that takes your fancy, or you’re using up stock.
I was roped in to assist for a few minutes whilst a minestrone soup was being finished – cutting off the corn cobs and measuring the tiny pasta shells: these jobs I could be trusted with apparently.
Chilling down and boxing spares and leftovers was my job after we’d happily devoured the casserole – rich, tomatoey, and full of vegetables – with steamed potatoes.

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