# Whart do I call the wonderful stew I made? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686 "2017-05-29T23:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/1 "2017-05-29T23:59:08Z")
Tonight I improvised and made a stew, and it turned out absolutely unbelievable. Here’s what I did: Boiled chopped chuck beef and lamb neck bones (about 3 pounds total) for almost two hours, until it was very soft, keeping the meat in the broth. Added one chopped head of cabbage, one chopped onion, 4 chopped carrots, 2 chopped tomatoes, and seasoned with about a quarter cup of vietnamese fish sauce, a few tablespoons of red pepper flakes, a few squirts of sriracha, and a few tablespoons of chicken bouillon powder. Simmered for another 35 minutes or so. Served it over rice. It was just amazing. Did I make anything that already exists, or was this a totally original recipe? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/2 "2017-05-30T00:06:09Z")
You made stew. If we made up a new name for every stew recipe, we’d have run out of words a long time ago. It’s not quite the recipe I’d use, but from my point of view the only thing exotic in there is the fish sauce. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/3 "2017-05-30T00:12:46Z")
Yep, you made “stew.” Call it whatever you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/4 "2017-05-30T00:17:03Z")
Okay, I hereby name this stew “Stew du Andy”, and I recommend that everyone make it. It would probably work equally well with chicken or pork, or even seafood. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/5 "2017-05-30T00:19:32Z")
I applaud the use of fish sauce. I bet the umami was off the charts. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/6 "2017-05-30T00:22:43Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I applaud the use of fish sauce. I bet the umami was off the charts. Whatever it was, my taste buds loved it. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/7 "2017-05-30T00:24:39Z")
Name is after yourself, ‘your name’ wonder stew! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/8 "2017-05-30T00:25:26Z")
Fish sauce or anchovies are fantastic in any meaty stews! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/9 "2017-05-30T00:55:04Z")
FWIW, cabbage soup with meat, carrots, onions, and maybe tomatoes is called _shchi_ in Russian. Never heard of it being made with pepper flakes, fish sauce, and the other stuff, though. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/10 "2017-05-30T00:57:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I applaud the use of fish sauce. I bet the umami was off the charts. > [@pulykamell](#): > > Fish sauce or anchovies are fantastic in any meaty stews! How much fish sauce is too much? I add it sometimes but never anything like a quarter cup. Am I being too timid? ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/11 "2017-05-30T01:09:47Z")
Yeah, I just shake in a few drops at a time - a quarter-cup would be half the bottle. But hey, tasted alright to the OP so more power them. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/12 "2017-05-30T01:25:48Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > How much fish sauce is too much? > > I add it sometimes but never anything like a quarter cup. Am I being too timid? I’m typically more on the level of like one to two tablespoons for two to three pounds of meat in a stew. So about a quarter to half the amount used in the OP. But, obviously, do it to taste. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/13 "2017-05-30T01:26:05Z")
I call it “Throw Down” stew. Wherein you take whatever ingredient you can find in your pantry or fridge, then just throw it in a pot and simmer. To me what makes throw down stew so special is: If you make a pot that’s particularly good, it can never be repeated again. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/14 "2017-05-30T01:34:45Z")
When I do a something like that, I generally call it a “clean out the fridge” stew. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > . . . > > a few tablespoons of red pepper flakes, a few squirts of sriracha > > . . . But this sounds to me like “Lava Stew.” 😉 And yes, I am a proud pepper wimp. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whart-do-i-call-the-wonderful-stew-i-made/787686/15 "2017-05-30T02:03:31Z")
In honor of your thread, call it Whart Stew.