I have some carrots in the fridge. Also bulb of garlic.

Bought:
2 swedes, not too big
1 turnip
1 big white onion
a few small mushrooms (the fruiting body of a fungus living underground)
1parsnip
Some leeks (I know, not strictly a root veg)
Some celery ditto
Quarter cabbage, REALLY not a root veg, just to bulk out the stew
1 yellow capsicum—just for the color
1 potato
Piece ginger
Bunch flat leaf parsley, will chop up the stems finely, leaves can be a garnish

S&P.

If I had really been thinking I would have bought vege stock while at the vege shop. Chicken it will have to be. ISAAC :'(

Dunno yet about spices, 6 cardamom pods might be nice or a star or two of star anise plus cinnamon stick.

Fry the onion-garlic-ginger-parsley-chili (likely, is one in the fridge) and add to the braiser. Chop up the veges one at a time, fry at high heat, into the braiser. Add stock, maybe a teacup “Bruny Bitter” red Ale? (Then what to do with the rest of that beer???)

Be OK I reckon, eat some now, freeze the rest.

Should have bought celeriac, roughly the season for it but I didn’t see any then again I wasn’t looking.

Lentils would benefit the stew as well.

I thought the thread title was a challenge to JD Vance.

tallowood wrote on Aug 7^th, 2024 at 5:08pm:

Lentils would benefit the stew as well.

I have puy lentils and red lentils.

Does Vance root a beet?

Jovial Monk wrote on Aug 7^th, 2024 at 5:26pm:

Does Vance root a beet?

Lol   ;D   No.

But he buggered a couch.

Yes, so I read since.


Re the stew, a recipe for the sort of stew I am thinking of.

https://www.healthyforkful.com/root-vegetables-stew/

Stew made—I had a sachet vegie stock. Glass of Shiraz to deglaze the pan.

Found a tin of lentils, forgot add it to the stew D’oh!

(DO have a range of dried lentils but dunno where they are ATM.)

Jovial Monk wrote on Aug 10^th, 2024 at 1:01pm:

Stew made—I had a sachet vegie stock. Glass of Shiraz to deglaze the pan. Found a tin of lentils, forgot add it to the stew D’oh! (DO have a range of dried lentils but dunno where they are ATM.)

Sounds good anyway.

Smells and tastes pretty good!