On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:40:10 -0500, Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

>Come on out. We know you're there. We have magic monitors and can
>see you. Some of you should put some clothes on.
>
>My challenge: emerge from your cyber-closets for one minute. Long
>enough to say hi and to post one recipe that you really like.
>
>Carol

OK here ya go.

HI



HOBO STEW (6+ Quart Slow Cooker)

Ingredients:

1 lb any meat except fish (whatever's leftover or on sale)*
1 Tbsp cooking oil
6 cups water or 3 cans beer*
2 cups dried beans ( I prefer mix of limas and red kidneys)
7 Tbsp beef soup base (boullion)*
2 Tbsp worchestershire sauce
2 tsp garlic powder
3 small/med potatos
2 cups sweet peas*
1 large onion*
2 large carrots*
4 stalks celery*
a mix of any available vegatables to fill pot


Preparation:

Soak the beans over night.

Cut the meat, potatos , onion, celery and carrots into small (about3/8 in) pieces.

Mix the meat, worchestershire sauce and garlic powder together.

In a fryingpan brown the meat in the cooking oil, drain any excess grease.

When the meat is browned add the onion and celery to the pan and cook until the vegetables are
translucent.

Throw everything into a stewpot or slow cooker, fill to within an inch of the top with any mix of
vegatables of your choice and cook untill the beans are tender.

By the bye my favorite vegatables to add to fill the pot are; green beans, wax beans, bamboo shoots,
water chestnuts, sweet peas, snow peas, mushrooms, bell peppers, whole kernel corn and pretty much
anything that's in season and cheap.

* These are necessary

PS if you partially pre cook the dried beans or use canned it goes a lot faster.