Personal Narrative Essay: The Pintos

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The only thing I truly love about the winter season is the winter foods. It’s the perfect time of year for a good soup or stew. The warmth coming from a pot of something good on a stove is comforting. This Pintos and Sausage Stew is just that, comforting.

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This past week we dealt with frigid, arctic temperatures of -20 degrees for several days. I spent the early part of one of those days cooking this recipe and I am so glad I did because it is out of this world. The stew is loaded with protein – lots of protein.

Living where we do, I know there will be some recipes that I have to improvise on ingredients because they are either not carried or delivery trucks are not on the schedule. This was the case with this recipe. Chard yeah, none to be found in Miles City, along with the smoked sausage and habanera pepper. So I used turnip greens, polish sausage, and a jalapeño pepper. I can only image what this stew must taste like with the called for ingredients. I’m sure it is like my Jambalaya which calls for andouille sausage – we’ve come to tolerate it with polish sausage. …show more content…

I also grated the carrot for our taste, but I’m thinking the next time, I will slice it and give it a try that way. When my beans were finished cooking and ready to add them to the other ingredients, I reserved a half of a cup and mashed them so they would help thicken the

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