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Trench stew
Serves 2
Easy
Prep:
This recipe dates back to WW1, from the trenches, where food was often not hot by the time it came from the field kitchen to the front line. Soldiers would often throw together whatever they had to hand to make a hot meal and cook them over a little stove in the trenches.
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- 1 turnip or large potato
- 1 parsnip
- 2 carrots
- ½ tin corned beef
- ½ stock cube
- 1 pint of water
- 1 or 2 biscuits or stale bread
Method
step 1
Chop up the vegetables, carrots into small pieces, other veg larger pieces and add to pint of boiling water with stock cube in.step 2
As the veg becomes tender mix in 1/2 can corned beef and crumble in the stale bread or biscuits/crackers and simmer for a few more minutes.step 3
Eat and enjoy
