Old Fashioned Irish Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. monosodium glutamate
1/8 tsp. pepper
2 lb. stewing beef, cubed
1/4 c. butter
3 c. water
2 celery stalks, cut into inch pieces
1 bay leaf
12 small onions, peeled
6 medium carrots, scraped and cut into 1-inch pieces
3 potatoes, peeled and quartered

Preparation

Combine
flour,
salt,\tpepper and glutamate in a bowl. Coat meat with flour mixture.
Melt butter; add meat, browned. Add water, celery and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and
simmer
for
1
1/2
hours or until meat is almost tender. Add remaining ingredients.\tContinue cooking 1/2 hour or
until meat
and
vegetables
are\ttender.
Yield:
6 to 8 servings.