Beef stew for dinner tonight!

[conuly]

I'd better post this quick-quick-quick. Tomatoes or no tomatoes? That is the question.

Poll #20928 Beef stew

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With tomatoes or not?

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Yes, of course!
32 (40.0%)

No, of course not!
19 (23.8%)

Whichever you prefer
27 (33.8%)

Ew, stew
2 (2.5%)

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Comments

[jhetley]

Do you have tomatoes? That is a crucial part of the question . . .

[jhetley]

(I should clarify -- for us, "stew" has a fair portion of "whadaya got?" to it.)

[conuly]

If I didn't, we'd have some big issues.

[notasupervillain]

If there was an option of "tomatoes, but only if you're in the mood", that would be me.

[conuly]

Not so helpful.

[notasupervillain]

Tomatoes as the default, but not required, option.

[greghousesgf]

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[conuly]

:)

I'm not sure accuracy was their driving force here.

[pauraque]

Tomatoes make me physically ill so for me the answer is always no. But you can have them if you want, as long as I'm not anywhere nearby. ;)

[conuly]

More for me then!

[jesse_the_k]

I'm tomato averse in any case. A nifty taste I've found for beef stew is just a hint of powdered clove. Rounds out the taste somehow--I'm talking 1/4 teaspoon for 6 servings.

[conuly]

Clove, eh? One recipe suggested star anise. I'm dubious about that one.

[brokenallbroken]

What sort of tomato are you asking about?

Paste/sauce, yes. Chopped or halved, no, ew, why.

[conuly]

Because I like squishy tomatoes?

[polydad]

My own key beef-stew ingredient is a cup of at least reasonably decent Burgundy.

[conuly]

Didn't have :(

[gale_storm]

Depends on whether you wanna be Creole (tomatoes aplenty) or Cajun (add a different type of meat to the one you'd started with)..

[havocthecat]

I have no idea what because I haven't read back far enough, but I love tomatoes, so I voted, YES, OF COURSE because I love tomatoes.

Whether or not tomatoes

[thewayne]

depends, for me, on what other veg - and quantity thereof - are involved. When I make beef stew, it's usually tomato-free, but I use plenty of tomato in other things. Last week I made a half batch of chili, which normally causes some digestive problems for my wife, but she's willing to look beyond that as it's quite good. I thought I had diced tomatoes in the larder, I did not, so I used a can of tomato sauce instead. Tasted fine. she didn't have digestive consequences.

So an interesting data point and something to consider for further future experimentation.