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Ben Johnson Vegetable Stew

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INGREDIENTS

3 potatoes, or 1/2 lb / 225 g yams
1/2 lb / 225 g pumpkin
1 cho-cho (or small cucumber or small zucchini)
1 small turnip
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/4 t hot pepper seeded and chopped finely
1 sweet pepper, chopped
2 T margarine
2 T prepared mustard
1-2 T molasses
3 T tamari
1 cup vegetable stock
1 cup beer (preferably Red Stripe)
2 medium tomatoes, skinned, seeded and chopped
4 pimento grains (or 1/2 t Jamaican allspice)
1 t basil
1/4 t thyme
1 bay leaf
1 whole, unripe hot pepper
Salt to taste
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped

METHOD

Scrub and trim the potatoes or peel and wash the yams, quarter lengthwise and slice in 1/2 inch / 13 mm slices. Slice the pumpkin, cho-cho and turnip the same thickness as the potatoes and steam these vegetables with the potatoes.

Saute the onion, garlic, celery, hot pepper and sweet pepper in the margarine until the onion is transparent.

Mix mustard, molasses, tamari and stock. In a saucepan, combine the sauce/stock mixture, steamed vegetables, sauteed vegetables, tomatoes, pimento grains (allspice), basil, thyme, bay leaf and whole hot pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes, add the salt and parsley and thicken the sauce by cooking uncovered for another 5 minutes.

Serve with rice.

NOTES

In Jamaica, Ben Johnson day is the day of the week, frequently Friday, when not much food is in the house and a visit to the market is due. It's a real test of the imagination to produce a meal from the bits and pieces left in the pantry.

posted by Mr Falafel

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[Reply] - [link] - uhh, unless you live in the UK... - [simpleton] - 2009/11/10 - 10:37

red stripe ain't vegan, homedog.

[Reply] - [link] - Vegan Beer - [mincus] - 2009/11/11 - 19:52

I believe when Mr. Falafel posted this (~2003) he lived in the UK.

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