Serving beef stew--what to serve on the side?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTF is up with the anti-beef stew posters? Anyone care to explain?

Sure its fine for the family on a cold Sunday... but its not a great dinner party food. Some people get upset stomachs from a meal like this. It also doesn't allow for guests to eat "around" it if its not something you like or that sits well with you... meaning if you were serving chicken, potatoes, greens and bread, the guest could skip the chicken if needed and eat the rest. With a stew, you're screwed. Its too heavy all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTF is up with the anti-beef stew posters? Anyone care to explain?

A stupid troll or someone who wants to appear to be refined and “upper class”. Either way, a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is up with the anti-beef stew posters? Anyone care to explain?

Sure its fine for the family on a cold Sunday... but its not a great dinner party food. Some people get upset stomachs from a meal like this. It also doesn't allow for guests to eat "around" it if its not something you like or that sits well with you... meaning if you were serving chicken, potatoes, greens and bread, the guest could skip the chicken if needed and eat the rest. With a stew, you're screwed. Its too heavy all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is up with the anti-beef stew posters? Anyone care to explain?

Sure its fine for the family on a cold Sunday... but its not a great dinner party food. Some people get upset stomachs from a meal like this. It also doesn't allow for guests to eat "around" it if its not something you like or that sits well with you... meaning if you were serving chicken, potatoes, greens and bread, the guest could skip the chicken if needed and eat the rest. With a stew, you're screwed. Its too heavy all around.

Why would you get an upset stomach from such a simple meal? It’s really not a heavy or rich. Filling yes, but not heavy. The meat is typically very lean and you don’t need to add much fat when cooking. I don’t. The only fat is the little in the meat and a bit of oil to sear the cubed roast. It doesn’t have unusual ingredients that people don’t usually like, and even if the don’t it’s easy enough to eat around the potatoes or carrots or whatever.

You wouldn’t say prime rib, mashed potatoes, and roast vegetables wasn’t a great dinner party food and it’s literally all the same ingredients.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you serving beef stew to guests?

Yuck

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they are poor + have a big family. (I was 1 of 8 kids + my mom sometimes made it. I never ate it).

What sad little lives you two lead.

[Anonymous]

I absolutely would serve a good beef stew to guests who were good friends, or to family. Maybe not a formal dinner with my boss? But I'm not hosting those, anyway.

And I would say, "hey, I have a great recipe for beef stew." and they would either say "yeah! sounds great" or "could we try something else" because none of us are socially inept weirdos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you serving beef stew to guests?

Yuck

Presumably OP isn’t inviting snobs or two-year-olds (“yuck”), so she’s good.

[Anonymous]

I’m an earlier DP and this thread is ridiculous! So OP shouldn’t serve a full, wholesome, and delicious meal to her guests so that insufferably rude people can pick around their food like 2 year olds? It’s sad that the onus on managing picky diets seems to fall on the individual literally gifting food to the picky person. Picky person can eat beforehand or bring something if the menu isn’t up to their exacting standards.

OP-you’ve inspired me to make a batch of beef stew this week. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you serving beef stew to guests?

Yuck

Maybe they are poor + have a big family. (I was 1 of 8 kids + my mom sometimes made it. I never ate it).

You missed out. Beef stew can be wonderful when the weather gets chilly.

Nah- being poor does not mean you veu have to eat any old slop. That is so classist + stereotypic. I preferred fasting + being fit. Now, I am rich and still would never eatstew. Red meat is terrible for one's health + the environment.

[Anonymous]

Apparently, you also still would never write legibly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an earlier DP and this thread is ridiculous! So OP shouldn’t serve a full, wholesome, and delicious meal to her guests so that insufferably rude people can pick around their food like 2 year olds? It’s sad that the onus on managing picky diets seems to fall on the individual literally gifting food to the picky person. Picky person can eat beforehand or bring something if the menu isn’t up to their exacting standards.

OP-you’ve inspired me to make a batch of beef stew this week. Thank you!

Beef plus salts and starches/potatoes are not great for people with certain gastric conditions- they’ll be to the bathroom (the one guests are not supposed to #2 in much less diarrhea) before the night is over. It’s not about being picky.

[Anonymous]

Great bread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an earlier DP and this thread is ridiculous! So OP shouldn’t serve a full, wholesome, and delicious meal to her guests so that insufferably rude people can pick around their food like 2 year olds? It’s sad that the onus on managing picky diets seems to fall on the individual literally gifting food to the picky person. Picky person can eat beforehand or bring something if the menu isn’t up to their exacting standards.

OP-you’ve inspired me to make a batch of beef stew this week. Thank you!

Beef plus salts and starches/potatoes are not great for people with certain gastric conditions- they’ll be to the bathroom (the one guests are not supposed to #2 in much less diarrhea) before the night is over. It’s not about being picky.

What gastric conditions? You sound like a quack.

[Anonymous]

Can you share your stew recipe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an earlier DP and this thread is ridiculous! So OP shouldn’t serve a full, wholesome, and delicious meal to her guests so that insufferably rude people can pick around their food like 2 year olds? It’s sad that the onus on managing picky diets seems to fall on the individual literally gifting food to the picky person. Picky person can eat beforehand or bring something if the menu isn’t up to their exacting standards.

OP-you’ve inspired me to make a batch of beef stew this week. Thank you!

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Beef plus salts and starches/potatoes are not great for people with certain gastric conditions- they’ll be to the bathroom (the one guests are not supposed to #2 in much less diarrhea) before the night is over. It’s not about being picky.

Exactly. Why is it so hard for people to understand? Mommy brain perhaps?