[Sca-cooks] OOP - help my stews!

[Elaine Koogler]

I agree about the garlic powder... but I've never had a problem with onions
and I use them in a number of recipes that I cook in the crock pot.

Kiri

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Dan Brewer <danqualman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bitterness is caused by the garlic powder and rosemary over a long cooking
> period.  Add the rosemary just berfore serving and user real garlic.
>  Trader
> joes has some that has been grated and frozen in 1 tsp sizes all aranged in
> a plastic tray  so it is easy to use.  And no onions  .  When you brown the
> meat you add another dimension to the stew .  It also starts the rue and
> thickens your gravey .
>
> Dan in Auburn
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Amy Cooper <amy.s.cooper at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > So today I made a crockpot stew, and yet again, I'm highly
> > disappointed in how it tastes. There's a bitter edge, and I always
> > find that with my stews, plus I find the beef isn't really moist. It
> > falls apart, but feels dry to eat. I'll list my ingredients below -
> > then can ya'll tell me what I'm doing wrong?
> >
> > Stew beef (30% off club pack)
> > flour
> > water
> > fresh white button mushrooms
> > frozen baby carrots (put in frozen)
> > garlic powder (forgot the real garlic and onion this time)
> > pinch of dried rosemary
> > half a small bag of skin on random baby potatoes - some red, some
> > blue, some yukon gold
> >
> > The flour was in a slurry with some of the water - maybe 3 heaping TB?
> >
> > This all cooked in the crockpot for about 5 or 6 hours on low, and a
> > little while on high. I did NOT brown the beef first - this was to be
> > quick and easy, and not generate lots of pans to wash *sigh*.
> >
> > So it tastes icky - even my adventurous baby didn't want much for
> > dinner. Smelled GREAT while cooking, but just doesn't taste right....
> >
> > Thanks - I HATE wasting ingredients like this :-(
> >
> > Ilsebet
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