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.
Best Answer: No, you don't have ro cook the chunks of beef before putting then in the crock pot, To me essential to beef stew is potatoes, carrots, celery, peas, corn, green beans, The carrots, peas, corn and green beans can be frozen). But that is the way my mom always made it.