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      Title: Cider Beef Stew
 Categories: Polkadot, Epona, Beef, Soups/stews
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      3 tb Flour
      1 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Pepper
      1 lb Stew beef,
           -cut into 1" chunks
      2 tb Oil
      1 c  Apple cider
    1/2 c  Water
      1 tb Vinegar
    1/2 ts Dried thyme
      2    Carrots, cut into 1"
           -pieces
      1    Celery rib, cut into 1"
           -pieces
      1 lg Potato, peeled and cubed
      1 md Onion, chopped
 
  Combine flour, salt, and pepper.  Dredge beef in mixture.  In a heavy
  saucepan, brown beef in oil.  Add cider, water, vinegar, and thyme;
  bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour 45 minutes
  or until beef is falling apart tender. (Add more liquid during this
  time if necessary, using a ration of 2 parts cider to 1 part water.)
  Add veggies; return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes
  or until veggies are tender.
  
  Serves 4
  
  Recipe by Carol Hendrickson from _Taste of Home_ Feb/Mar 95 issue.
  
  (Just a few changes:  when I've made this, I substitute garlic salt
  for plain salt and garlic wine vinegar for the plain. I admit it, I'm
  way too fond of the taste of garlic....)
  
  * The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-3627.  Posted by EPONA
 
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