Let's Stew It

Let's Stew ItGod Maye Sende a man good meate, but the Deuyll maye sende an euyll coke to dystrue it: so ran a medieval adage that must surely have been written by a sage with a stomachful of bad stew.For stew – known variously as slumgullion, dumb funk, Black Mike and sometimes slop – too often is Deuyllish indeed: a turgid, mongrel mixture covering a multitude of culinary sins. Certainly the heavy bowl of mediocre mutton that masquerades as lamb stew in many a roadside restaurant is an excellen...