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TIL About Perpetual Stew (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 17 hours ago by ptz@dubvee.org to c/til@lemmy.world

A perpetual stew, also known as forever soup, hunter's pot, or hunter's stew, is a pot into which foodstuffs are placed and cooked, continuously. The pot is never or rarely emptied all the way, and ingredients and liquid are replenished as necessary. Such foods can continue cooking for decades or longer if properly maintained. The concept is often a common element in descriptions of medieval inns.

Foods prepared in a perpetual stew have been described as being flavorful due to the manner in which the ingredients blend together. Various ingredients can be used in a perpetual stew such as root vegetables, tubers (potatoes, yams, etc.), and various meats.

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[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 4 points 12 hours ago

My favourite soup is the garbage disposal soup. Throw all your food scraps into the freezer and at the end of the week boil it in a soup/stock.

This hunters malarkey would require you to add edible food and keep it cooking, which just sounds expensive on every level.

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[-] AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Perpetual stew of temporary blindness!

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

No no, that's the perpetual mash of temporary blindness.

[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago

I would unironically love it if a restaurant had this

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 15 points 16 hours ago

Right? It sounds delicious. Not sure how that would fly with modern health and safety rules, though. The Wikipedia entry says a New York restaurant did one for ~8 months, so it must be possible somehow.

[-] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 18 points 16 hours ago

Needs to be kept above 70degC so heating could be costly. Other than that it's safer than refridgeration as that only slows growth whereas keeping it hot prevents any growth at all.

[-] modeler@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

Better: Above 60°C pasteurizes the contents so killing all bacteria.

Technically pasteurization is met by holding the food over a specific temperature for a specific time, so over 63-65°C for 30 minutes, or 100°C for 12 seconds.

Normal pasteurization is very similar to cooking in times and temperature, and so pasteurization cooks both the food, altering texture, appearance and taste, and the bacteria.

UHT means ultra high temperature pasteurisation, which heats, eg, milk well over 100°C for only a couple of seconds and immediately cools it, minimizing the alteration of the milk.

So, by keeping the stew over 70°C, the stew is completely food safe.

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago
[-] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 15 hours ago

I saw that, and I also vaguely remember reading that in the past. So I guess it was less TIL and more "today I remembered" lol.

[-] yggstyle@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

A little soup store in Illinois called journeys end did something like this. (Long gone, a Walgreens got it)

They'd have pots of soup that would kinda morph into the next one. It was pure comfort food and their sandwiches were dope. RIP.

But it was popular. I think more places should do it.

[-] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

I'm pretty sure Than Brothers (Seattle famous Thai location) did this with their stock broth.

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[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

So we're germs like an issue with this? Or was it okay because it was always kept heated? I mean, obviously they theu didn't know about germs in the middle ages, but they still woulda been there.

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[-] safesyrup@lemmy.hogru.ch 10 points 16 hours ago

Learned that this was a thing in kingdom come: deliverance :D

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

My dad was a cowboy and they had this cooking in little cabins on the open range.

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