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Have Any of You Encountered a "Perpetual Stew"?

Posted on 3/21/17 at 3:39 pm
Posted by Stadium Rat
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 3:39 pm
It's a pot of stew that never gets emptied entirely. New ingredients are just added and the pot may never be empty. I imagine it could be quite interesting with some ingredients turned to mush and others less well done.

Here's the wiki on it - LINK
Posted by Stadium Rat
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:11 pm to
Well, since no one has responded, I'm going to assume this is a thing in the past.
Posted by georgia
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:23 pm to
Isn't it a bad idea to reheat things that many times? I always heard twice was the limit?
It made me think of that nursery/jump rope rhyme that says "bean porridge hot, bean porridge cold, bean porridge in the pot, 9 days old."
I remember reading once that that was what it was referencing. Sort of a old time gumbo without the seafood aspect.
Posted by Stadium Rat
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:30 pm to
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Isn't it a bad idea to reheat things that many times?
That's the thing. They aren't being reheated. They're constantly on the fire, so there is (supposedly) no danger.
Posted by Ole Geauxt
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:34 pm to
Yes, at the camp for a week,, just keep adding. Hmmm, looks like we could use another squirrel or two, maybe a duck, add another few cubes of deer ham, cream of celery and onions.

At the end of the week, it all has been recycled, nothing original in the pot except for a few bones and shotgun pellets.
Posted by Stadium Rat
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:48 pm to
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nothing original in the pot except for a few bones and shotgun pellets
I can believe this.
Posted by Stadium Rat
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:54 pm to
The only thing I've heard anywhere similar like this is Tom Fitzmorris claiming that Pascal's Manale recycles the BBQ Shrimp Sauce through multiple batches. That way, every subsequent batch picked up the flavor from earlier batches.
Posted by georgia
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:53 pm to
I didn't think about it being on the fire constantly. Idk. A Dutch oven might come in handy for that? So you could sit it down in the coals without having to worry about sleeping with open flames burning?
This post was edited on 3/21/17 at 11:01 pm
Posted by Matisyeezy
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 11:00 pm to
Is this like that stone soup story from when I was a kid?
Posted by Evil Little Thing
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 11:05 pm to
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Is this like that stone soup story from when I was a kid?




With a little less subterfuge. I'm glad someone else remembers that book.
This post was edited on 3/21/17 at 11:05 pm
Posted by BRgetthenet
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 11:24 pm to
I thought pho was supposed to be a type of perpetual stew.
Posted by Ole Geauxt
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 11:46 pm to
"Nursing home bitches love Geauxt" Jab

I forgot that,, again!! I need to call that lil turd, it's been a while.
Posted by Stadium Rat
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:06 am to
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This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 9:12 am
Posted by georgia
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:10 am to
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forgot that,, again!


I forgot it was on there.
Hope you're doing well! I've been MIA on the OB as of late, work has been kicking my tail.
/hijack
Posted by georgia
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:12 am to
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I thought pho was supposed to be a type of perpetual stew.


I always heard that if you're sketchy about a places sanitation order the pho, because the broth has to be hot enough to cook the meat, so it's over the threshold to kill the germs.
Posted by colorchangintiger
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 12:37 pm to
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I thought pho was supposed to be a type of perpetual stew.


It is. Places in Vietnam have pots that have been going for 30+ years!
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:12 pm to
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Places in Vietnam have pots that have been going for 30+ years!


Lotta places in Thailand do the same. I've heard of 100 year pho.

I'd be interested in trying my hand at a 5 or 6 year pho. Not sure planning much beyond that is feasible.
Posted by Tiger Ryno
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:14 pm to
30 years is entirely in the realm of possibility with pho. Anone use chackbay in their pho?
Posted by Emteein
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 3/23/17 at 6:41 am to
I imagine that's probably how Brunswick stew came about.

Also I saw a place on food network where they have been frying their burgers in the same grease for 50+ years. I can't remember the place's name. They even moved the grease under armed guard, when the restaurant moved location.
Posted by NOFOX
New Orleans
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Posted on 3/23/17 at 12:46 pm to
I think there is a hot dog place in the Atlanta area that does this with chilli.
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