"phaeton" > wrote in message
...
>I was making my famous beef stew. When it came time to peel and chop
> the potatoes to put into the pot, it turned out that they were green.
>
> I considered the following options:
>
> 1) Finish simmering, cool it down, refrigerate, then purchase
> additional potatoes tomorrow to simmer in the pot with them.
>
> 2) Reduce the stew a little, and pair it up with a bed of brown rice.
>
> 3) Add whole wheat pasta (on hand) to round it out.
>
>
> I went with #3, boiling the pasta separately and adding it to the
> stew. It took a whole 14oz box of whole wheat rotini to create the
> desired consistency.
>
> This was the right choice.
>
> OB Food is served.

Or you could cut off the green part.