Just Right Stew

by Karen English

Book Description

Just Right Stew is just right for a bedtime story?it will put anyone to sleep. It's Big Mama's birthday and her family decides to surprise her by making her favorite dish, oxtail stew. Unfortunately, no one knows all of the ingredients. The family members bicker about the recipe, each one adding a different spice. Finally, Big Mama arrives. Alone with her granddaughter in the kitchen, Big Mama whips out the secret ingredient, sugar. At dinner she proclaims, "My, my, that's the best oxtail stew I've ever tasted. I do believe this stew is better than my very own." The story is told by young Victoria, who is unable to get any of her aunts' attention to tell them exactly what's missing, for she has watched her grandmother make the stew.

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