After many years of cooking, I recently acquired a crock pot and I’m slowly accumulating recipes. This one was passed on by a reader of my knitting blog and is very tasty. My only changes are addition of a few cloves of garlic (you can’t have too much garlic) and a bit less of the tapioca (I like my beef stews a bit thinner)
2# cubed beef, trimmed of fat, cut into dainty pieces
4 onions, quartered
6 stalks celery, cut in bite-sized pieces
8 carrots
1 small turnip
19 oz. V-8 juice
1/4 c. Minute tapioca – it’s with the Jell-O and puddings at the store, red box
1 T. sugar
2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. dried basil
1 bay leaf
Cook 6-8 hours on low.
12/31/06 Hmm?? There should be some potatoes in this. Yep. Seem to have managed to forget the potatoes. Add a couple potatoes cut into bite-sized chunks… Reds or Yukon Golds are nice. 
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December 29, 2006 at 16:02 pm
This is almost like the infamous Forgotten Stew from the 70’s, cooked in the oven for 4 hours. Will have to try this one. Best wishes in the New Year!
December 29, 2006 at 22:59 pm
Interesting. I did a google search for “Forgotten Stew” and turned up a couple recipes much like this one.
Do give it a try though. It really is a quick and tasty stew.
January 1, 2007 at 5:01 am
Hello, I finally got a slow cooker just before the holiday. I cooked up a beef stew in it and took it to my relative’s house where it fed 5 people and turned up at a further 4 meals over the holiday. I was inspired to get one because it was recommended in a book called ‘Thrifty ways for Modern Days’ edited by Martin Lewis who is a money saving expert with an amazing web page http://www.moneysavinexpert.com where loads of people have contributed with tips for saving money and living economically. Well worth a visit.