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This is a story about ‘Stew’ which I would love to name it as ‘My mother’s stew’ or ‘The Long Lost Stew’ whatever name you think is appropriate.

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Most of us grew up with home-cooked food where all dishes were prepared with love from our mothers. In our childhood, each of us had our own favorite dish which we frequently requested our mother to cook. For each of us that dish was extraordinarily delicious and we were happy every times we ate – nevertheless our mothers were happier and proud of themselves when they saw us loving the food that they cooked for us.

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As time goes by, a child turns into an adult and is able to eat various kinds of food. Favorite dish when we were a child was replaced by other new and appetizing food available in the market places. Some of us may have forgotten about our own favorite dish – but not for me.

 

In my childhood, my mother cooked for us. I can remember that my mother’s stew is superb! Time changes everything, hectic life and exhaustion from work caused us to depend on dining out. Meanwhile as time changes, my mother was getting old and became sick. Eventually she passed away along with her stew recipe…..  Regrettably, throughout the past none of us were interested in cooking at all.

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Over a decade, I have tried to find a stew recipe that is similar to my mother’s, I have tried from everywhere I found but disappointed again and again because no other recipes is even close to. Finally one day, me – the one who never like cooking decided to cook stew with a unique recipe following what my aunt told me. Unbelievable! The result was beyond expectation because its taste brought me back to the time of my childhood. Yes! This exactly my mother recipe! For me, it is like I have just found an invaluable heritage that my mother had expressed her love and left behind for us. And this also let me know that, the stew recipe that I have been looking for since many years ago from other places is actually here in my home.

 

Since then, every times when I cook my mother’s stew, other than great taste I received, I also feel happy when cooking, and even happier when sharing my most favorite dish with others. This unexplainable great feeling composes of remembrance, happiness and warmth – the feeling of ‘Home’ indeed.

 

This is the derivation of Home Stew, my mother’s stew that I would love to cook and I will follow this recipe and pass it on for generations to come so it will never get lost again. I cook this original unique, high quality and elaborated recipe with love and care and wish to bring experience of great taste and share happiness of home together with you.

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