At Least it's a Post!

So I saw something that gave me an idea, and I concocted the following recipe:

2 lb. of stewing beef (y'know, the stuff that's chopped up)
4-5 slices of bacon (fried and chopped to pieces)1 diced onion
1 bottle of Blue Moon
4 cups of water
5 cubes of beef bouillon
1/4 cup of flour
1 can of diced tomato
1 teaspoon of brown sugar (to neutralize the acid of the tomato)
1 tablespoon of worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of garlic powder

Brown the meat in oil and butter with the salt and one of the spoons of garlic powder. If you have the bacon fat, it'll substitute nicely for the oil and/or butter. Once the meat's done, throw everything in a pot together and simmer for about two, two and a half hours to reduce the fluid to being about the thickness of gravy and the meat to being tender. Serve atop egg noodles. It'll provide about four-five bowls.

Yeah, I know. Not the sort of rant you expect on this blog, but I have an apartment with a stove and have taken to experimenting in the kitchen.

There's been some new things in my life, too. I'm dating a wonderful girl, have moved out of the barracks, and am in the process of leaving the military. I'm sure I'll go into the leaving-the-military later in another post - and trust me, it's a good-sized rant - but for now, just an awesome stew recipe.