making stew

r.mac_2

thanks for all the suggestions guys. Going to try a mix of them all

I think i'll leave the gravy granules for now and wait and see what happens.

No idea of the difference between a stew and a casserole. Who cares what it's called - as long as it tastes yummy :rotfl:

Ticklemouse

In no time at all, r.mac, you won't use gravy granules If you look at the ingredients, you will undoubtedly find they contain hydrogenated veg oils, which are very bad for you, as well as a lot of salt and other nasties.

I now use flour, cornflour, sauce flour or leaving the lid off to reduce the liquid (not all at the same time tho' ) depending on what I'm making. I do use gravy browning if I want a nice dark colour.

A gravy granule will not darken my door again

Quackers

squeaky wrote:

I think a stew is done on the stove and a casserole is done in the oven, but I'm not going to tell you that because I've been wrong far too often already this weekend :-)

I'll be wrong with ya then Squeaky 'cos thats what I reckon it is too

squeaky

A-T will be along soon to give us the real low down

Bogof_Babe

I was just about to agree re. the saltiness of gravy granules. They're fine in small quantities, like a teaspoon to make half a cup of gravy for a pastie or something, but I ruined a vegetable casserole once by using nothing but g/g's for thickening - it was disgustingly salty .

ben500

Gravy granules are disgusting and should be restricted to making unpalatable foods tasty enough for a cat or dog to eat.

Bogof_Babe

Ben I know you are joking, but in case anyone is misled, please don't salt a pet's food in any way, it is extremely dangerous for them.

Smiley_Mum

Bogof_Babe wrote:

Ben I know you are joking, but in case anyone is misled, please don't salt a pet's food in any way, it is extremely dangerous for them.

...as is chocolate, just incase anyone treats their dogs/cats to chocolate.

See this link for further info about safe foods for humans which are poisonous to pets.

http://www.petalia.com.au/Templates/StoryTemplate_Process.cfm?specie=Dogs&story_no=257

SORRY for going off thread.

How was the stew? Did it turn out good?

r.mac_2

stew was yummy thanks

I lightly floured the meat with plain flour and a few dried mixed herbs, then cooked with onions and stock for ages, it was ever so slightly not thick enough for my liking and so I took the lid off for a while. That seemed to take ages so I added a small smount of corn flour and it was perfect.

Thanks guys.