Recipe#5355

Title: Beef Stew 05

From: RCOLE@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Old Fashioned Beef Stew 
 Date: 21 Oct 1994 05:44:00 -0400 
 Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Public Access Uni* Site 
 Message-ID: <3882h0$e83@junior.wariat.org> 

2 lbs beef stew meat
 2 Tbsp shortening
 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
 1 clove garlic
 1 medium onion, chopped
 1 or 2 bay leaves
 1 Tbsp salt
 1 tsp sugar
 1/2 tsp paprika
 1/4 tsp pepper
 dash allspice or cloves
 6 carrots, sliced
 4 potatoes, diced
 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
 Brown meat in hot shortening, add 2 cups of hot water and the next
 nine ingredients.  Cover, simmer 1-1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
 Remove bay leaves and garlic clove.  Add vegetables, cover and cook
 30 to 40 minutes or until veggies are tender.  Slowly blend flour
 into 1/3 cup cold water.  Stir flour mixture slowly into hot stew.
 Cook and stir until bubbly.  Cook and stir 3 milnutes longer.
 Serve.