It was the first time I’d cooked a stew. It ended up cooking for 3 hours in the end, by far the longest cooking thing I’ve ever done. It went really thick in the last half hour and was much better for it, I’m sure. The beef was delicious. A slightly different taste from the steak and mince I’ve bought before. Ooh, that reminds me, there’s a pound and a half of mince in the freezer as well. God bless those organic rearing vertical farmers.