I do believe "stew" is a reference to letting the ingredients simmer for four hours while adding water and stirring. The garbled instruction may lend credence to the claim that this recipe is a homey touch used by fund-raising politicos - but I recall Mr. Tancredo harping on how Americans are deprived of REAL Italian cuisine like his grandmother used to serve up. I don't believe he'd allow falsity to pass for truth on such an important issue.
Spaghetti sauce is an issue up there with abortion and nuclear proliferation in the hearts of Americans of Italian descent.
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