How to tenderize beef stew meat

[cooks42]

Hi everyone! This is making me hungry already, just talking about it! LOL I have a Q:
By black tea, do you mean tea without cream or sugar, or is there an actual black tea? Not sure that I've ever noticed "black" tea.

[MaMere]

Hi Cooks! Black tea, as in black tea bags, steeped in hot water, then cooled

[Ninya]

I think that normal tea is now referred to as black tea - am I right Mamere????

[MaMere]

Well, here in local stores they have Black Tea Bags ninya. Like Green tea, also and red.
Republic Of Tea, online has black tea...

http://www.republicoftea.com/black-tea/c/3/

[Ninya]

Have just looked up on Wikipedia and apparently 90% of the worlds tea sold is black tea so that must be 'normal' tea by a more expensive name !!!

[MaMere]

Black tea is a variety of tea that is more oxidized than the oolong, green, and white varieties. All four varieties are made from leaves of the shrub (or small tree) Camellia sinensis. Black tea is generally stronger in flavor and contains more caffeine than the less oxidized teas. Two principal varieties of the species are used, the small-leaved Chinese variety plant (C. sinensis subsp. sinensis), also used for green and white teas, and the large-leaved Assamese plant (C. sinensis subsp. assamica), which was traditionally only used for black tea, although in recent years some green has been produced.

In Chinese languages and neighboring countries, black tea is known as "red tea" (紅茶, Mandarin Chinese hóngchá; Japanese kōcha; 홍차, Korean hongcha), a description of the colour of the liquid; the term black tea refers to the colour of the oxidized leaves. In Chinese, "black tea" is a commonly used classification for post-fermented teas, such as Pu-erh tea; in the Western world, "red tea" more commonly refers to rooibos, a South African tisane.

While green tea usually loses its flavor within a year, black tea retains its flavour for several years. For this reason, it has long been an article of trade, and compressed bricks of black tea even served as a form of de facto currency in Mongolia, Tibet, and Siberia into the 19th century.[1] Although green tea has recently seen a revival due to its purported health benefits, black tea still accounts for over ninety percent of all tea sold in the West.

This is what you Read, Ninya?
Black is another variety, unlike White, Red, Green, Rooibos, Oolong

we need a tea thread now!

[Gerry]

With spending the afternoon putting my garden to bed I did an oven stew which is great for those days when you aren't in the kitchen. Came in both tired and hungry, the aroma alone was worth a five! (I have been prodded to make a family cookbook because far too many of my recipes are either not on paper - or have instructions that assume everyone knows the basics. Their words not mine!) That is what had me suggest Mary post her excellent instructions for stew ... and yes Mary a review will be coming your way. Also curious about that black tea - would it work for the less than tender steaks?

[MaMere]

With spending the afternoon putting my garden to bed I did an oven stew which is great for those days when you aren't in the kitchen. Came in both tired and hungry, the aroma alone was worth a five! (I have been prodded to make a family cookbook because far too many of my recipes are either not on paper - or have instructions that assume everyone knows the basics. Their words not mine!) That is what had me suggest Mary post her excellent instructions for stew ... and yes Mary a review will be coming your way. Also curious about that black tea - would it work for the less than tender steaks?

definitely it would work Gerry BUT, just like I said to Roxanne, I would want you to trial run/test to make certain your taste buds don't pick up something, and in your opinion, ruin a steak..that would make me sad!

[Kchurchill5]

I cook with wine all the time, but try a small batch first, some do NOT like it. Me, I love the deep flavors it offers. Also, always cook with a wine you would drink.

[MaMere]

I cook with wine all the time, but try a small batch first, some do NOT like it. Me, I love the deep flavors it offers. Alalways cook with a wine you would drinkso, .

Definitely! If you don't like the wine, you sure aren't going to like the food its cooked in!