Just because I want to

Some pearl barley in the pot first please, then everything added on top. Small onions left whole are tasty too

I like a splash of malt vinegar on a plate of stew - it's delicious!

When a friend of mine is doing pork or chicken in the slow cooker she adds a handful of dry sage & onion stuffing mix. She says it gives a good flavour and helps it to thicken.

Oh, I love stews and I am with your DH on the, they taste better the following day as does ham broth. Yum

When I make a stew I add a tsp of Demerara and a crumbled ginger snap as this thickens the stock.

We had a beef stew and dumplings the other night and I finished it off for my lunch today with some crusty bread. I also slow cook it all day , you can't beat a hot stew on a cold day as you come in from the cold the smell just is so satisfying.

Oh for me, without the kidney Galen, but there is nothing quite like long stewed steak and onions, with dumplings. My mouth is watering. I usually eat meat a couple of times a week, I love vegi casseroles/stews as well. But, those long cooked lamb stews, hard to beat.

I am dying for a steak and kidney with dumplings!
Then I think about the calories.

I don't know the answer to that Nfk. I'm Sorry I missed the apple crumble. I can't remember what I did the morning of my wedding too nervous I expect.
My husband prefers stews the day after. He says they taste better warmed up but I'm not keen. I am going to take my sister advice though and use the pressure cooker later in the week. Bring out the beet root

It's probably a very good stew, because it won't boil.

I love stews and casseroles. If it's cooked in a slow cooker is it a stew or a casserole?

Yes. And you can put it on early in the day whilst you are still feeling a bit energetic.

Definitely! Food first. Had a journey to honeymoon destination on the back of a motorbike in front of me. And only a buffet in between.

I love long slow, one pot food. I do use recipes sometimes, for new ideas, but a good stew can't be beaten, especially in January. Enjoy it Kiora

Got to get your priorities right, jingl!

I cooked a lamb stew on the morning of my wedding day. For my bridesmaid and me.

I have gone back to cooking old fashioned stews. I use up left over Sunday joint. They used to say, "a stew boiled is a stew spoiled". I have never been able to cook a stew without it going over the simmering point. Always tastes good though.

Sounds delicious, have it with red cabbage and I will come and share it with you!, Oh I will bring a pud, apple crumble?

As long as you simmer it for long enough, it should be fine!

It might be! I have just spoken to my sister who tells me it won't taste the same because we used a pressure cooker in the 1960.

Surely it won't be that bad?