JL wrote on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:33:58 -0700:

> Slices or chunks of beef, sauted or 'browned' in oil on top of
> the stove.

> Then the beer is added.

> And the beef and any onions one has set to stew with the
> beef....garlic .... --

>
> Mr. Joseph Paul Littleshoes Esq.

It's been around for a long time in Belgium: Carbonare (coal miner's
stew)!
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not