In article >,
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:

> Jill wrote:
>
> > I only add the vegetables to make a nice rich stock. They get strained
> > out and discarded when I remove the chicken to debone it. I know some
> > people add vegetables to the (almost) finished product - carrots, celery,
> > green beans, corn, peas, even potatoes. Doesn't that make it chicken stew
> > with dumplings instead?
>
>
> It's chicken stew with dumplings either way, with vegetables or without. If
> you were to omit the dumplings from your recipe, wouldn't you be left with
> chicken stew (albeit a rather PLAIN chicken stew)?
>
> Bob


Would it be chicken stew or would it be stewed chicken? The former
connotates, in my feeble mind, the inclusion of vegetables, like beef
stew. The latter is simply a way of cooking a shicken. What say ye?
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