in a stew
idiom
informal
: excited, worried, or confused
He got himself in a stew over nothing.
She's been in a stew for days.
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Cuts of pork, beef and chicken meld in a stew with plantains, rounds of corn on the cob, winter squash and yautia, a root vegetable sometimes called malanga.
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Here are two different paths: First is the classic pinto beans simmered in a stew of ketchup, brown sugar, honey and Worcestershire and enlivened with hot sauce, chile flakes and cumin.
—Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
Here are two different paths: First is the classic pinto beans simmered in a stew of ketchup, brown sugar, honey and Worcestershire and enlivened with hot sauce, chile flakes and cumin.
—Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
Along with crawfish, turkey necks braised in a stew is a Creole dish that has earned a rightful place in the Viet-Cajun canon.
—Dan Q. Dao, Chron, 9 Feb. 2023
Or try cooking them, says Derocha, perhaps in a stew.
—Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2021
Or dig into the popular Peshawari-style paneer karahi, with housemade cubes of cheese holding shape but getting all melty in a stew of tomatoes, serrano peppers, spices and herbs.
—Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 31 Mar. 2023
Maybe 2022 has simply been the culmination of several years spent steeping in a stew of angry discourse, stirred by social media.
—Adam Sternbergh, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2022
Perhaps the cave visitors discarded the unpalatable stuff, fed it to livestock or cooked it in a stew.
—Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2022
Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Here are two different paths: First is the classic pinto beans simmered in a stew of ketchup, brown sugar, honey and Worcestershire and enlivened with hot sauce, chile flakes and cumin.
—Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
Here are two different paths: First is the classic pinto beans simmered in a stew of ketchup, brown sugar, honey and Worcestershire and enlivened with hot sauce, chile flakes and cumin.
—Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
Along with crawfish, turkey necks braised in a stew is a Creole dish that has earned a rightful place in the Viet-Cajun canon.
—Dan Q. Dao, Chron, 9 Feb. 2023
Or try cooking them, says Derocha, perhaps in a stew.
—Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2021
Or dig into the popular Peshawari-style paneer karahi, with housemade cubes of cheese holding shape but getting all melty in a stew of tomatoes, serrano peppers, spices and herbs.
—Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 31 Mar. 2023
Maybe 2022 has simply been the culmination of several years spent steeping in a stew of angry discourse, stirred by social media.
—Adam Sternbergh, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2022
Perhaps the cave visitors discarded the unpalatable stuff, fed it to livestock or cooked it in a stew.
—Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2022
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