Irish Elephant Stew

Here's today's recipe

Irish Elephant Stew

1 Meduim sized elephant

1 Field of Potatoes

1 head of garlic, peeled and crushed

2 bay leaves

1/2 ton roux

salt and pepper to taste

2 rabbits (optional)

Secure a very large pot

Cut elephant into bite sized pieces (this should take about 2 months). Place in pot with garlic and cover with water. Cook over a large fire until tender, adding more garlic to taste. Elephant has a distinctly robust flavour, so not much more should be needed.

Peel potatoes or scrub thoroughly and add to the pot. Add roux to thicken gravy then season to taste with salt and pepper. Find and discard bay leaves before serving.

This should serve about 3800 people. If more people arrive, add 2 rabbits. Do this only if necessary - and make sure they are rabbits as most people do not like hare in their stew.

*Please note: This is an old recipe from way back when there were so many darn elephants you couldn't keep them from trampling through your back yard and knocking over your washing line and smushing your flower beds. Now of course we try to protect elephants...but, if one should happen to conk his noggin falling into your swimming pool, and you have no other alternative but the humane one...well, the above recipe might just be the ticket!