Approximate Cost: $20.00
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 9 – 10 hours
4 - 6 medium potatoes, cut into pieces, unpeeled
12 small whole white onions, peeled, fresh
1 8 oz. bag baby carrots
1 red or green bell pepper, seeded, cut into pieces
1 1/2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes (ground beef works too)
2 cans beef broth
Oregano
Paprika
Parsley
Salt
Pepper
Place potatoes, onions, and baby carrots in slow cooker. Add bell pepper and beef. In small bowl, combine broth, oregano, paprika, parsley, salt, and pepper. Pour over meat and vegetables.
Also, to add to the sometimes humorous stories that go along with Nomday recipes; the “Mad” Cow Dis-ease. It may not be the most appetizing thought while cooking beef stew, but my little brain gets a little worped.
What if all of the cases of Mad Cow Disease were actually on account of a bovine rebellion? Imagine it. Day after day, cow after cow enjoys the easy, albeit dull existence of farmed life. Every cow, grazing easy or fed fattening trough vittles. Not a predator in the world, or the few villains that do make it across the safety barricades, are eliminated post haste by the defenders of the cows. The cows have no idea that their valiant caretakers, who feed and house, protect, and provide medical attention when needed, are really just saving the cattle for themselves. The cows don’t know this. They are happy in their little comfy world. That is, until one cow sees the reality behind the veil. “Dear me!” he thinks. “I must warn the others!”
He goes ‘mad’, our rebellious bovine does. Mad as hell and as he communes with other of his moo-brothers/ sisters, they too go mad! They run amok, they cry out at all hours! What are the farmers to do? Ah! A plague. They cannot merely kill these trouble makers. They must make example of them. Remove them from the herd first, post warning that these are the infected, the unwell. Stay away!
Mad cow, or just irate?
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