"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
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>> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
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>>> Julie Bove > wrote:
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>>>> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
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>>>>> barbie gee > wrote:
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Apr 2016, jmcquown wrote:
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>>>>>>> On 4/24/2016 2:53 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>>>>>>> sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 20:29:10 -0500, "cshenk" >
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That's our dinner. We had that freak heat wave and now it is
>>>>>>>>>>> cool
>>>>>>>>>>> and rainy. So I made the stew. It smelled so good while
>>>>>>>>>>> cooking
>>>>>>>>>>> that the cats looked up at me with big eye, licking their lips.
>>>>>>>>>>> It has potatoes, white beans, creamed corn, corn, peas, green
>>>>>>>>>>> beans onions, celery, salt, pepper, parsley and bay leaves.
>>>>>>>>>>> Also
>>>>>>>>>>> a very small amount of Wondra flour. The creamed corn was a boo
>>>>>>>>>>> boo. I don't usually buy it and didn't realize I had grabbed
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> wrong can until I saw it going in. It did add nice body to it
>>>>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>>>>> it needed very little thickening.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> With minor variation, that is called burgoo here.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've looked at burgoo recipes before and not wanted to try it, but
>>>>>>>>> Julie's version sounds good to me. I realize now that I've make
>>>>>>>>> Caldo
>>>>>>>>> Verde several times that potato starch alone (even from yellow
>>>>>>>>> potatoes) thickens well, but I like the creamed corn idea. I'd
>>>>>>>>> probably throw in some whole kernels "just because", but that's
>>>>>>>>> me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I posted a few that show a lot of variation and her recipe title
>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> chicken stew so maybe it was not meatless (didnt see meat in the
>>>>>>>> ingredients but thats ok, none of us post perfectly).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I liked her version too. Even if the recipes I had in stock do not
>>>>>>>> show it, canned creamed corn is very commonly added. The potato
>>>>>>>> feels
>>>>>>>> one off to me but the general versions use it so I'm the oddball
>>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To me, the addition of white beans AND potatoes in this dish seemed
>>>>>>> off.
>>>>>>> Double the starch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> actually, it's all very starchy;
>>>>>> white beans
>>>>>> corn
>>>>>> potatoes
>>>>>> peas
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And flour. It's a diabetic nightmare.
>>>>
>>>> Nonsense. You are assuming. I gave no proportions. As I said, the
>>>> creamed
>>>> corn added body so I needed very little flour. I don't even think I
>>>> used
>>>> as
>>>> much as a Tablespoon. And I used far more meat and non starchy veggies
>>>> than
>>>> I did the starchy stuff. It was a very large pot of stew. We've had
>>>> it
>>>> twice and there is still some left.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I am assuming. Then again, I no longer need insulin or any other
>>> medication to control my diabetes now whereas I used to be on multiple
>>> forms. I think it's a fair assumption to make. At least for me it's
>>> simply too much starch no matter how little quantity it seems to you.
>>
>> I would also assume that you don't have gastroparesis? I do. So for me,
>> the foods that work best for me are the starches but in limited amounts.
>> I
>> really have to watch my intake of meat, fat and fiber. Eat too much of
>> that
>> and the salmon will swim back upstream so to speak.
>>
>>
>
> I was addressing diabetes, not you and your myriad of conditions. Not.
> About. You.

And yet... It was MY stew. So it WAS about ME!

Booyah!