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Irish Stew With Guinness

I usually have a busy week. I have a regular 9 to 5 job then I play in several orchestras and am involved in several committees so I am not home that much during the week. Despite that I still want to have a homemade hot meal every night or for lunch. My usual Sunday routine is laundry followed by cooking something in a large enough quantity to last for several meals. Normally I don't like having the same thing for lunch and dinner although sometimes when I make one of my favorites like roast beef or pot roast I can't help myself, it's just so good!

So, since I had a big baggie of stewing beef (leftover half of a tray from Costco, the othet half was used for beef bourguignon back in December) I decided to make a beef stew. I also thought I would do a variation on my usual stew recipe and make a beef stew with Guinness. A quick search in my favorite cookbook, the internet, came up with what looks like a good one: Irish Beef Stew Recipe.

At the moment it is simmering away with a half a can of Guinness in it (along with wine and boullion) while I drink the other half ;-). I'll do an update to let you know haow it turns out.

Update: Well it's done and it's not too bad. I wouldn't say it's so great that I would make it over my regular stew but it is pretty tastie. I followed the recipe except I also added parsnips because, come on, how can you have beef stew without parsnips. The meat is really tender and the sauce is flavorful. I'm sure it will taste even better tomorrow.