[Sca-cooks] Return of the Wanderer (partly OT)

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> How is Irish stew different that the usual meat stews?

Irish stew, classically, is a "white ragout", a.k.a. an unbrowned stew,
made by layering chunks of meat (originally kid, I understand, but
nowadays more likely mutton or lamb) with potatoes and onions, covering
most of the way with water, and slowly cooking until the meat is tender.
In a way it is the meat version of the original New England fish chowders.

Nowadays carrots (unnecessary  but relatively harmless), sometimes
celery (somewhat radical) and occasionally even barley (sacrilege!) can
find their way into Irish Stew, especially in the U.S.
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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