Three Alarm Stew

Ingredients:

2 cups of water

2 beef bouillon cubes medium onion, cut in half

2-3 pounds beef (stew meat, cut up)

five to six potatoes, peeled and cubed

five to six carrots, peeled and cubed

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Turn crock pot on high

Place water, bouillon, onion in crock pot while cutting up meat.

Add cut up meat.

Cook on High a couple of hours.

Add carrots and potatoes and salt and pepper to suit your taste.

Cook on high until meat falls apart, and vegetables are soft, about four hours or so.

Thicken with flour and water mixture (two tablespoons flour, three tablespoons COLD water) if desired.

Serve with a loaf of French bread. (parsley, rosemary, and basil spice this one up as well.)

If you leave to go fight a three alarm fire, it won't ruin this. The longer it cooks, the better

Recipe by Firefighter: Amanda Baker - Warren/Wentworth Ambulance Service, Warren, NH