The Key West citizen., 1954-09-27
Ike Acts AS
Chef For Beef
Stew Luncheon
Dy MARVIN /. ARRowsMlTH


DENVER Up - President Eisen-
hover, playing the role of super
vising chef, invited more than IT'S
guests to a beef stew lunch today.
The guests included several long
time friends who have been Eli
senhower neighbors the many
years he has been spending Colo
RADIO vacations at the home here
of his mother-in-law, Mrs. John S.
Doud.
Invited, too, were quite a few
Denver business men who are golf
ing pals of the President. Also
asked were 4 couple Of fellows who
make a living at golf and give
Eisenhower 4 few pointers - Ed
Dudley, the pro at the Augusta Ma
tional Club in Georgia and at Colo
RADIO Springs, and Ralph
(Rip) Arnold, pro at Denver's
Cherry Hills club where today's
luncheon was being held.
The President also invited
about 20 newsmen who have been
covering his activities here. He
said they were to have a half holi-
day today and gave instructions
that everything at the luncheon,
except the beef stew recipe and
guest list, was off the record.
Close friends of Eisenhower have
been telling for years about his
beef stew, 4 ritual-like preparation
usually several days in the making.
The recipe the White House
made public is for 60 people, but
assistant White House press Sec
retary Murray Snyder told appre-
hensive newsmen enough stew was
being cooked to provide even "sec-
onds" for the more than IS guests.
Here's the recipe:
First off you get 70 pounds Of
prime round steak something
considerably better than the "stew-
ing meat" the White House calls
it. Also eight pounds of small
Irish potatoes, six punches Of small
carrots, five pounds Of small on
ions, Is fresh tomatoes, three gal
Ions Of beef stock made from mar
row bone with 4 bit of meat on it,
salt, pepper, and a bunch Of bo-
quet garniture, made Of thyme,
garlic and bay leaves.
With the ingredients ready, you
start your beef stock two or three
days ahead of your beef stew par
ty. At Cherry Hills it has been
simmering since Saturday.
Several hours in advance of the
dinner hour put in the stew meat
and cook it slowly in the beef stock
until tender. Cook that mixture un-
oil the vegetables are done.
Then draw off two gallons of
beef stock and thicken it slightly
with beef rue. In this case, the
rue Is q mixture of about pint
and half Of the fatty substance on
top Of the beef stock, and about
pound Of flour. The rue should
simmer 10 to IS minutes before
being used to thicken the stew.
After 1t has simmered, pour It
back into the stew. Then let the
whole concoction simmer for an
hour and a half and serve.
One other guest invited to to-
days luncheon was Secretary Of
Agriculture Benson, who told
meeting Of the American Meat In
stitute and the United Fruit and
Vegetable Association in New York
the other day that the purpose of
the Eisenhower beef stew lunch
was to promote sales Of meat and
vegetables.
The President took it easy at
the Doud home yesterday after he
and Mrs. Eisenhower attended SER
vices At the Corona Presbyterian
church.
Snyder reported the chief execu-
tive quite h1ppy" about what he
termed tremendously enthusias-
tic" reaction Of COP leaders to
the stepped-up campaign Eisen-
hover waged in the Far West last
week for election Of another Re.
publican congress.