Antidiuretic hormone, also called arginine vasopressin (AVP), is a hormone produced by the hypothalamus in the brain and stored in the posterior pituitary gland at the base of the brain. ADH helps regulate water balance in the body.
Stew meat is typically cut into 3/4 inch to 1 1/2 inch cubes and cooked with vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots, celery and onions cut into similar sizes. You can purchase the meat precut and packaged for convenience or buy a roast and cut it yourself. Precut stew beef is usually more expensive per pound than roasts.
Packaged stew meat is a great convenience for making stews and chili, but if you want more consistent sizing and want to know for sure what kinds of beef cuts are being used, it's best to cut your own.America's Test Kitchen demonstrates in this video how to cut your own stew meat from beef shoulder.ackaged stew meat is a great convenience for making stews and chili, but if you want more consistent sizing and want to know for sure what kinds of beef cuts are being used, it's best to cut your own.