So, what's for supper? I'm making 2 gallons of venison stew to feed the house tonight.

[Richard Steele]

I've been slow-cooking it in the big communal crock pot
since about 8am.
Started with an entire venison tenderloin and 1 1/2 lbs
of random "stew meat" pieces in 1/2 cup of olive oil
and a half-handful of savory...

Around noon, I added more water, 4 small onions (1 chopped, 3 intact)
a big can of diced tomatos and a small can of tomato sauce,
a can of cheapass "cream of celery" soup,
and then I just went to town with my spice rack:
Coriander, sweet paprika, garlic powder, coriander, chili powder,
pinch of turmeric, coriander, lemon pepper, the last of the 2008 basil crop
from the garden, some dried thyme, coriander, some mediterranian oregano,
fennel, a pinch of mace, and have I mentioned?: CORIANDER.

It's very spicy, but not "hot".

I chopped some carrots and potatos and tossed them around 3:30.
Potatos: unpeeled. Because the SKIN is where the potato-flavor lives, donchaknow.

It's 5:00 o'clock- I need to go add 1/4 cup of red wine vinegar
so I can start dishing it out at 5:30.

[HopeHoops]

1. Okay, so the house is hungry - what are you going to feed the people in it?

[Drunken Girlfriend]

2. Dinner

Your dinner sounds awesome!

I just had Kraft dinner,because I need to make it to the
grocery store soon.

[charlie and algernon]

3. so when can I come over?

that sounds DELICIOUS! :9

[Richard Steele]

4. You can come over anytime; just call ahead so we have an extra plate washed when you arrive. nm

[Shell Beau]

5. Tonight it is rotel chicken, salad, and garlic bread!

[Richard Steele]

18. MMMM...garlic bread. Yummy.

I wanted to make some garlic bread to accompany this stew,
but it seems that a certain SOMEONE found my good $15/lb
parmesan-mozeralla mix in the fridge and used it all to top off his
early-morning omelette sandwiches this past week.

*sigh* :shrug:

[IntravenousDemilo]

6. You're eating Bambi?

My dad went hunting once when I was about five, and I went down into our basement and saw Bambi hanging from a hook and bleeding into a large tub, a couple of days after seeing the movie. I haven't eaten venison since, at least that I knew about.

[Richard Steele]

7. BAMBI was composed of india-ink lines drawn on sheets of clear celluloid.

Rest assured that we would never eat any such thing up in here.

[old mark]

8. That's a shame - Bambi is delicious. nt

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Low-temperature cooking rules.

As does your list of ingredients.

[Richard Steele]

16. It really does. One of my housemates is going to the Dentist tomorrow...

When I told him what was on the supper menu,
he got mad: "Dude, you know I can't eat STEAK with this bad tooth!"
I told him to RELAX, because I was doing it all in the slow-cooker.

By the time I rang the supper-bell at 5:30, the TOUGHEST items in that pot
were the slices of well-done potato.

That tenderloin didn't need to be chewed- not even a little bit.
It came out of the pot INTACT, but you needed a SPOON to get it
from plate to mouth- it fell off a fork in shreds.

[Career Prole]

10. I saw the subject line and my first thought was "Spicy?"

Now I've read the entire post and I'm thinking "Yum!" :9

[harmonicon]

11. man, that sounds good

I'm jealous

cooking for one is hard

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. Do you brown the stew meat pieces before you add the water? n/t

[Richard Steele]

14. Most of the time, yes I brown them.

But not today. There's no need for browning
when you're slow-cooking in the big crock pot.

[Kali]

13. we had porkypine burgers

ground beef extended with grated potato, peas and broccoli (using up some leftovers) and a mixed berry pie.

[DFW]

15. Can't do that--have cholesterol problems

As in VERY serious cholesterol problems. My system doesn't break it down
at all, so red meat is completely out for me. I already have two stents
keeping my coronary arteries open.

My wife made ocean perch last night, done in a thin layer of olive oil and
then poached in a mixture of vegetable broth and herbs. She spiced it up
just fine, boiled some untreated rice for under it, and it was great. For
a side, a cucumber and raw onion salad with a potent horseradish and dill
dressing.

[Richard Steele]

17. WOW, that sounds like some very tasty fish right there!

I'm not even hungry right now, because I'm bloated with venison stew...

But your post has me CRAVING some poached perch, I tellYaWhat!:9

[DFW]

20. I lucked out there

When I had my near miss at "Beat The Reaper," the surgeon who basically saved me in
the nick of time summoned my wife to a meeting at my bedside the day after I got the
stents put in. He had a dietician there as well, and they laid down the new rules: if
I was going to live, I had to have a full workover of what I ate and what I no longer
could. My wife, being a master chef in her own right, was able to adapt from day one.
No more butter, cream, cheese, red meat, eggs--in essence, the cardiologist's admonition
is "if it tastes good, spit it out!"

Luckily, we have a friend in Brussels (a 3 hour trip from where we live) who has access
to the best private production of an olive orchard in Spain, and provides us with 5 liter
jugs on a regular basis. My wife learned and/or made up recipes that left out all the "bad"
stuff while making it taste like I was committing culinary suicide. She can take ordinary
fish and make it up Thai style, with fresh ginger and garlic, northern German style with
mustard, horseradish and dill, Mediterranean style with fresh and/or dried tomatoes and olives,
with some wheat tagliatelle and artichoke hearts thrown in, or even Japanese style with
Teriyaki sauce and wasabi. Chicken (also allowed if skinless) either Texas BBQ style or
Indian gara massala style. All done with olive oil, with vegetable broth when appropriate.

I miss the cheese and the other stuff, but not nearly as much as I might have.

(All that, and brains and looks to boot--did I luck out or what?)

[Richard Steele]

22. Yeah, I think you hit the jackpot there, my friend.

I don't know which I'm more jealous of: your meals or
your life-partner!
I'm kinda drooling over both right now.

I'm broke as hell at the moment, but Friday is PayDay,
and Monday is the day I cook a special supper for the house...
I spend all day Monday cooking for the house, y'know....

You've got me INSPIRED to do up some thick & tender fish,
with 3 or 4 sauces on the side.

Mustard & Ginger & Garlic: oh my! :9

[DFW]

24. It's amazing how cheaply some great-tasting stuff can be made

You just gotta know how to spice them up.

As for my life-partner, well, no artificial ingredients needed there.

1981 (7 years after meeting):

and 2007 (33 years after meeting):


Yeah, I'd say I hit the jackpot, alright. Whatever else I may have messed up,
that wasn't part of it.

[Richard Steele]

25. Oh,you bastard, that was so totally uncalled-for!!

I just got Kicked out of a 9-year relationship
with a foot upside my ear and a 3-car Police Escort....

This might not be the best time to show me that your partner
is a smoking HOTTIE, knowhutImean?

[DFW]

26. Hey, man, I'm sorry, I had no clue!!

Tell you what, the second they perfect cloning, you're number one in line for her DNA, OK?

on edit--she ain't got a sister, or I'd get you her phone number and a free German lesson thrown in.

on second edit: when I tell people divorce is not in my vocabulary, they ask me if I'm a devout
Catholic. I answer no, but I'm not a devout idiot, either.

[Indi Guy]

19. That sounds allot like Sarah Palin's "Moose Stew" recipe...

:shrug:

[Richard Steele]

21. Dude, that's not even funny a little bit.

Seriously. Comparing my cuisine to Sarah Palin's...
that's rubbing my fur HARD in the wrong direction.

[Indi Guy]

23. I was comparing the basic ingredient - Moose is a member of the Deer family...

:shrug: