VERY, VERY OT Potatoes!!!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. · 2008-03-03T20:23:41+00:00

Yesterday was gorgeous- 77 degrees and a blue sky with some pretty puffy clouds. I spent all afternoon cleaning my truck- hand washed and dried, vacuumed, glass all cleaned, chrome polished, inside reorganized... you get the picture. So today is thunderstorms- tons of rain for the past 24 hrs. The storm is just now turning to sleet and snow- we are expecting 1 inch of ice and 8-10 inches of snow. Usually this part of MO. gets one or two snows of 2-3 inches and only one ice storm each winter but this winter has been one nasty storm after the other. I'm bummed to say the least. And the dogs are tracking in tons of mud and I *finally* gave the house a good cleaning on Friday- and now that's history.On to the potatoes.... I need comfort food!!! I cut up two lovely sirloin steaks (I don't eat much beef so that's all I had) to make some stew. Got the meat browned and the bread machine started and discovered I have no potatoes! I do NOT want to take my nice clean truck out of the garage and into this muck and get it all covered in mud and salt. So, I have one large sweet potato and a box of instant mashed potatoes. What do I put in my stew besides the meat and carrots and onions and celery? Should I dare to chance ruining it with the sweet potato or just shake some instant potatoes in it for some potato taste? Any ideas? I'm really kinda bummed over this..... I was soooooo looking forward to fresh bread and stew for dinner.Leslie & The Furbabies in yucky MISERABLE MO.- often referred to as 'Misery' instead of Missouri!

Mar 03, 2008 29 Replies

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amy in CNY 18 years ago

My mom makes the Pinto beans with a Ham hocky and cornbread on the side. MMMM. I hated them when i was a kid, but now....love 'em. The cornbread is soooo bad for my cholestrol tho. Good thing we only have them once in a while!!

Beef stew, just that, you can put just about anything in stew. i'm going to try the sweetpotatoes next time round. sounds different. but good.

this is getting me hungry....

amy in CNY (where the rain is forecast to turn to sleet and freeze later....it never ends, does it?)

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nzlstar* 18 years ago

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NightMist 18 years ago

OK, vegetarians can do this without ham, by just using carrots and celery like you would for black bean soup, only without adding so much water as to make soup. I often toss in a pinch of chervil to take off the bitter curse that DH swears black beans have.

Fluffy corn bread is good sometimes. With beans we generally prefer a more pone-like cornbread at my house. Though when being kind to hangover sufferers, I make a light cornbread that nigh unto picks up the buttermilk and floats away with it.

NightMist

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Debra 18 years ago

It's a great food for after the holidays too. Brings your system back down to earth after all that rich holiday food. Debra in VA See my quilts at:

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Debra 18 years ago

Now there's a combination I hadn't thought of. I'll have to try it. I have been known to add tuna and a bit of fine chopped onion myself, but DH thinks that it is horrible to add anything at all. Debra in VA See my quilts at:

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Debra 18 years ago

I understand that measurement totally. It fits right in with: a tad, a little, some, and a dollop. Debra in VA See my quilts at:

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nzlstar* 18 years ago

"NightMist" wrote:

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amy in CNY 18 years ago

Now I Gotta Make This!!!

oy.....

amy in CNY

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Lois Hansen 18 years ago

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Pat in Virginia 18 years ago

So do I, Lois. To make it even more 'gourmet' I quickly stir fry the sliced franks with chopped onions. PAT, gourmet cook in Virginian

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