Gourmet Adventure Stew Episode Three - Onions

Gourmet Adventure Stew

1/4 pound bacon

2 T olive oil

1 clove garlic, lightly crushed

2 1/2 pounds stew meat

Salt and pepper

3 medium onions cut into eights

3 T flour

2 cups chicken stock

1 c red wine

1 small can shopped tomatoes

1 bay leaf

1 t fresh thyme

4 medium to large potatoes

4 large carrots, peeled and cut

1 c frozen peas

1 T minced garlic

Prep - 

The secret to cutting onions -- "Sharp knife, sharp knife, sharp knife...".  The dicing and slicing of onions made simple.  Tracy demonstrates with ease the proper way to dice an onion.  The result is a neat pile of uniform onion pieces.

Epiphany:  If I need a large amount of onions diced -- Call Tracy!

Pack -  

The onions do not need to be placed in water.  Once sliced, they are set aside and wait patiently to be packed into their own resealable bag.

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Photo by KC Thomas
Vanilla25cent.com

Seven Tea Cups is a canyon located in Kern County, California on the southern end of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. The name Seven Tea Cups refers to the shape of this canyon created by a river that plunges over seven steps of granite creating a series of closely spaced waterfalls with deep pools located at each base. Our group of adventurers will bring along their wetsuits to wear as they rappel down the middle of these seven waterfalls. The wetsuits will help protect the crew from hypothermia while they spend most of the day trying to negotiate the unpredictable currents of this section of river.  

See you on the road, 

Kaylene 

oxoxox 

Gourmet Adventure Stew Episode Two - Potatoes

Gourmet Adventure Stew

1/4 pound bacon

2 T olive oil

1 clove garlic, lightly crushed

2 1/2 pounds stew meat

Salt and pepper

3 medium onions cut into eights

3 T flour

2 cups chicken stock

1 c red wine

1 small can shopped tomatoes

1 bay leaf

1 t fresh thyme

4 medium to large potatoes

4 large carrots, peeled and cut

1 c frozen peas

1 T minced garlic

Prep - 

Tracy explains to Kaylene the reason waxy potatoes are used in the stew.  It’s to avoid the grittiness that mealy potatoes can leave behind.  

EPIPHANY:  Not that I make soups well, but they always have a starchy grainy texture.  Finally I know why; wrong potatoes!

Pack -  

Placing the newly cut potatoes into water with the freshly cut carrots will help to keep them crisp when packed into resealable bags. The carrots and potatoes can be packed together keeping with our space saving agenda. 

Photo by KC Thomas

vanilla25cent.com

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Seven Tea Cups is a canyon located in Kern County, California on the southern end of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. The name Seven Tea Cups refers to the shape of this canyon created by a river that plunges over seven steps of granite creating a series of closely spaced waterfalls with deep pools located at each base. Our group of adventurers will bring along their wetsuits to wear as they rappel down the middle of these seven waterfalls. The wetsuits will help protect the crew from hypothermia while they spend most of the day trying to negotiate the unpredictable currents of this section of river.  

See you on the road, 

Kaylene 

oxoxox