Irish Beef Stew or Proximity Thereto

The morning comes too soon
No sweat – I can wake up
Guest stayed overnight
Brew coffee – serve breakfast

Start the day off right
Guest is gone and
I’ve made my way
Clear through blogosphere
Hubby is watching a Netflix pic
And it’s time to cook again
Simply Recipes dot com

Beef stew meat – let’s see
Irish beef stew – why not
Missing a few ingredients
So what – make do – carry on

Brown meat in oil and butter
While chopping garlic
Now slice a Jalapeno pepper
(I know the pepper’s not on the list
But I want my jalapeno pepper)
Toss in the garlic and pepper
Sautee it for a minute
A minute
Hurry

Open cans – No – stop
Stir the pot –
Now open cans and add
Four cups of beef broth
One cup of red wine
Don’t have red wine
One cup of white wine will do
No Guinness beer either – oops
Substitute – another cup of wine

Slow down now
Take your time
Tomato paste
Two tablespoons
Dried thyme don’t have
Ground thyme will do – use less
Add Worcestershire sauce
Two bay leaves and a splash of sugar
Heat and simmer for an hour
(By the way – this is a poem
The original recipe follows)

While it simmers
Peel potato AND turnips
I know it says potatoes but
I have to cook my turnips
Wash and slice the carrots
Chop onion – turnips – and one potato

Sautee these vegetables
In a separate pan
Until they’re nicely browned
Now set them aside

When the meat is tender
Add those browned veggies to the stew
Simmer for another 40 minutes
Or until the veggies are tender too
Garnish with parsley if you choose
Salt and pepper and serve

Here is the link to the recipe: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/irish_beef_stew/

Now wash those breakfast dishes
You left in the sink all morning
Clean up this awful mess!

This was how yesterday went for me. Irish Beef Stew, slightly modified, was tasty. The link to the original recipe is here for your culinary exploration. Thank you for reading this. It was very nice of you.