amyh (08/21/82)
This recipe was intended to be done in a slow oven but I've found it works quite well in a slow-cooker. Mom's Easy Beef Stew 2lb beef stew meat, cut in 1+1/2" cubes carrots, cut up onions, large slices or quarters celery, cut up Juice: 2tsp salt 1Tbs sugar 2Tbs Minute tapioca 1/2c tomato juice Place chunky stuff in slow cooker or long flat pan (for oven). Make juice recipe and pour it in too - increase the quantity of juice, if necessary, by doubling the tomato juice and adding another Tbs of tapioca. Cover cooker (use aluminum foil for pan, crimp to seal tightly). Bake (slow cook) 4 hours at roughly 250 degrees. If you need to cook it longer (e.g. all day while you're at work), do it at a lower temperature, and be sure to add some extra liquid, a half cup or a little more of water will usually do it, since more will evaporate over the longer time. For those of you who saw half of this in an earlier message, sorry, I goofed. Anyway, enjoy it. Amy Heidner John Fluke Mfg Co fluke!amyh