What is the right recipe for the Irish stew?

Question

We went on a boat trip down the river, and today George said that we should make an Irish stew. It seemed a fascinating idea. Harris and I peeled potatoes, but it took us 25 minutes to do 4, so we just washed half a dozen and put them in. George said that there was a lot of room to spare, so we picked out all the remnants, and added them, too. There were half a pork pie and a bit of cold boiled bacon, then George found half a tin of potted salmon, and he emptied that into the pot. He said that was the advantage of Irish stew: you got rid of such a lot of things. I cracked a couple of eggs in (George said it would thicken the the gravy). At the end our dog Montmorency brought in a dead water-rat, which he evidently wanted to contribute to the stew. Now we can't decide if we should put it in or not. George said that there was no precedent, Harries said it would be all right mixed with with the other things. So, my vote is decisive. What should I vote for? What is the genuine recipe?

Answer 1

If you can open the can of pineapple, eat it on the side. I'd let Montmorency keep the rat for himself, more stew for the three of you. Should any dead bodies turn up, don't add them. If turnips turn up, that would be okay.



And don't light a fire in the boat. Write to me from Oxford, and don't bother going further.



Irish stew is whatever you make of it.

Answer 2

Irish Stew 2 kg Mutton or lamb chopped 3 Onions 1lb 4oz Carrots 1lb 4oz Turnip 2 tsp Worcestshire Sauce 2 pts inventory 2lb 4oz Potatoes Brown the beef and chopped onion Chop the carrot and turnip place in a casserole dish with the beef and onion Pour over sufficient inventory to cover upload Worcestershire sauce Peel and thickly slice the potatoes & place on incredible of the casserole dish Dot with butter and canopy with tinfoil and bake at two hundred for 2-2 ½ hrs detect and prepare dinner for 30 minutes you need to circulate away out the onions it may be like leaving onions out of a pork stew it is going to alter the style yet no longer that lots

Answer 3

First off, wow. That's pretty gross. As for real irish stew, it's made with lamb or beef (preferrably lamb). You throw that in a pot and fill it with water until it's covered. Then you let it simmer for about 30 minutes while you cut up the potatoes, carrots, onions, and whatever else you may want to add. then you thro all that it the pot and add salt and possibly whatever other spices you might want to add. You turn up the heat and let it sit over a flame for at least an hour. Then you're done.



If you want to throw random things in a pot and eat it, good luck, but that's closer to stone stew.

Answer 4

ingredients:

1/2 cup flour

2 teaspoons salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

3 pounds lamb for stew, cut in serving pieces

3 tablespoons fat

1/2 cup sliced onions

Boiling water to cover, about 2 1/2 cups

6 medium potatoes, peeled and diced

2 carrots, scraped and diced

2 or 3 white turnips, quartered

Parsley Dumplings (optional; recipe follows)



Parsley Dumplings

2 cups biscuit mix

Pinch of nutmeg

1/8 teaspoon thyme

1/4 cup minced parsley

1/2 cup boiling water or 1/2 cup milk



Preparation:

Blend the flour, salt and pepper and dredge the meat in the flour mixture. brown in the hot fat in a skillet. Transfer to a heavy pot. Cook onion in fat until lightly colored, then add to the meat. Add boiling water to cover meat, cover pot tightly, simmer at low heat 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Blanch potatoes by covering them with boiling water; drain. Add potatoes, carrots and turnips to stew during the last 20 minutes. Cook until vegetables are tender. To thicken sauce, blend part of the flour mixture used for dredging the meat with sauce from the pot to make a thin paste, add this to the sauce in the pot, simmer until thickened. If dumplings are to be added, prepare as in the following recipe.



Combine the biscuit mix with the seasonings, blending well. Add water or milk, stir to moisten. Drop by the spoonfuls on top of the boiling stew, cover and cook 12 minutes.

Answer 5

Since Montmorency is the smartest one in your group, and he wants the rat in the stew, throw it in. Then, when you get back home, you can look up water rat in your well-used medical dictionary, and see what sorts of diseases you may have been exposed to.

Answer 6

For Irish stew, all thats needed is a Liter of Whiskey

Answer 7

Ceertainly you should add the rat. Where would we be if no-one ever tried new things? Think of the man who first tried German sausage!



Watch out for the swans though.