Beef and ? Stew

Tonight is hearty beef stew night!

After Max got home, we went into the kitchen to get started.  I chopped the root vegetables while he seared the stew meat in the dutch oven.  After the meat was done, we added the vegetables to the pot--mmm!  The smells filled the room.  Max measured out the red wine and beef broth, I added them to the pot.  Now only 1 hour and 20 minutes until a yummy Fall dinner!

and then......

Max said, "what's this?" showing me the liquid measuring cup that had held the beef broth only moments ago.  What are the small round, pink spots you might ask?  Probably gram-negative bacteria anxiously awaiting intestinal infiltration! Ugh!!  There goes the entire pot of stew.  We order Chinese and life goes on.

How long was that beef broth in the fridge anyway? :(