TDS~~The Dreaded Stew / myLot

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United States

February 7, 2020 7:00pm CST

My mother was the most wonderful cook, and everyone loved her stew--everyone except me. No matter who cooks it, I will never appreciate the complexities of this dish. The beef becomes weirdly stringy and the potatoes soak up the liquid (stew juice) and the taste is oddly wrong. I've decided the world is divided into two groups--everyone who loves this dish and in the second group is me. Of course, this isn't true because there are also vegetarians in my group. :) I do miss my mother's cooking because everything else she created was perfect.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

8 Feb 20

I like stews. Now that I make them, I put the potatoes at last (and not very many). I prefer to add some rice on the side.

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much2say

@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

8 Feb 20

Rice is a must-have for me when it comes to stews!

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marguicha

@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

8 Feb 20

@much2say Maybe you should omit the potatoes as a whole and add the rice so that it gets the juicy taste

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much2say

@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

8 Feb 20

@marguicha My son loves the potatoes - so we have to include them

. I just make extra "juice" so it's kinda soupy. I love that stuff over rice

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rakski

@rakski (156200)

• Philippines

8 Feb 20

everything else except for the stew?!?

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rakski

@rakski (156200)

• Philippines

8 Feb 20

@misunderstood_zombie but you will not eat the stew

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Dawnsummer

@misunderstood_zombie (8765)

• United States

8 Feb 20

Yes, she was a wonderful cook.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208746)

• United States

9 Feb 20

My mother is a good cook, and I can't think of anything she made that I didn't like, except one time she brought some corn bread here when I had Thanksgiving. My dad brought it in and said it was terrible, he said don't tell her, but try it, and you will see what I mean..it was!! I don't know what she did to it!

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (56195)

• Canada

8 Feb 20

I wonder why the meat got so stringy, that never happens with mine. My husband likes beef stew much more then I do, but I do like it maybe once a year or so. I use a mushroom gravy base for mine, we like that rich flavour.

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DianneN

@DianneN (254949)

• United States

8 Feb 20

I love beef stew. Mine is much better than my mother’s, and my brother’s is much better than mine.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122070)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

8 Feb 20

I know how you feel missing your loved since I can relate to losing my mother in 2009.

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much2say

@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

8 Feb 20

I absolutely love beef stew! I will say that I don't enjoy it if the vegetables are too overcooked and mushy . . . but otherwise I love it with the juices over rice!

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Jellybelly

@CookieMonster46 (13453)

• United States

8 Feb 20

I love stews

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (44560)

• United States

8 Feb 20

I wonder why it tasted like that? I make a yummy venison stew with potatoes, onions, and carrots.

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JB_girl

@sol_cee (38669)

• Philippines

10 Feb 20

Does she know you don't like TDS?

Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

20 Feb 20

@misunderstood_zombie Sorry you did not like her stew but glad you liked everything else she made. I found that when I made hamburgers they tasted better than my mother's did.