{"id":43,"date":"2008-06-24T08:05:16","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T12:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/?p=43"},"modified":"2010-03-15T14:02:02","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T18:02:02","slug":"peeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/recipes\/peeping\/","title":{"rendered":"No Peeping…."},"content":{"rendered":"

Beef Stew, that is!<\/p>\n

On our recent trip to New Orleans I made a concerted attempt at gathering family recipe \"Nofavorites\u00a0from my mother and mother-in-law. One of the recipes that caught my eye was a beef stew concoction that originated from the files of my Grandmother Marjorie Christoffel who was originally from Texas, but lived in Pineville, Louisiana until her death, and\u00a0she was also a\u00a0really good cook in her day. My mom said it was a very good recipe and easy to make too. It looked easy from the title on the index card….. No Peep Stew<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

So I\u00a0Googled\u00a0“No Peep Stew” and it seems there are a few variations on this recipe, and I did find one that matched the exact ingredients, amounts and order of preparation exactly. And the author could not verify the origin of it either. I wonder where this recipe originated, but it seems similar to one of those you would find on the back of a can of soup or soup mix, considering that two of the ingredients are canned cream of mushroom soup and dry onion soup mix.<\/p>\n

\"BeefBeef bottom round was on sale at the local grocery for $1.99\/lb. so I bought a 3 lb chunk and decided it was time to try out this mysterious recipe. Let me tell you, about an hour after it was in the oven the house was permeated with a wonderful fragrance that brought back memories from days of yore. Yup, this stuff is that good! Funny how smells are associated with memory, and that is a subject for another post! The wonderful aroma filled the house with that loving made from scratch meal smell that only my mother could do when I was boy growing up. I used to tell my parents at the dinner table that we should open up a restaurant because their food was always better than any other place to eat. My mother’s pat answer was “you can open up one, that’s hard work and I already have a full time job….no thanks!”<\/p>\n

So here it is, the memory lane recipe that must be 40+ years old, and still proven to please even today! I also include a variation that I plan to attempt the next time around.<\/p>\n

No-Peep Stew <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/span><\/p>\n

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2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>lbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Boneless beef stew meat<\/span><\/p>\n

1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>pkg\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Onion soup mix<\/span><\/p>\n

1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>can\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Cream of mushroom soup<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Red wine<\/span><\/p>\n

1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>can\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Mushroom stems and pieces (4 oz)<\/span><\/p>\n

To taste\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Pepper<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bc\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Water<\/span><\/p>\n

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Procedure<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Place meat in bottom of roasting pan or casserole and pour all other ingredients on top of meat, then add \u00bc cup water.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Cover and cook in 325\u00b0 F oven for three hours.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Do not peep while cooking.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Meat will be very tender and you will have a good, rich brown gravy for rice, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Serves four to five.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Variation on the theme; the next time I make this recipe I will be adding the following ingredients\u00a0as in step 1\u00a0following the same procedures as listed above.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Pearl onions, skin peeled<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>cups\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Carrots, peeled and very large diced<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Peas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Tbsp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Garlic, minced<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>cups\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Red New Potatoes, quartered<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Beef Stew, that is! On our recent trip to New Orleans I made a concerted attempt at gathering family recipe favorites\u00a0from my mother and mother-in-law. One of the recipes that caught my eye was a beef stew concoction that originated from the files of my Grandmother Marjorie Christoffel who was originally from Texas, but lived […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,11],"tags":[87,7,50,2047,15,2049,88],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}