We also put in a cabbage and about half a peck of peas.

George stirred it all up, and then he said that there seemed to be a lot of room to spare, so we overhauled both the hampers, and picked out all the odds and ends and the remnants, and added them to the stew.

There were half a pork pie and a bit of cold boiled bacon left, and we put them in.

Then George found half a tin of potted salmon, and he emptied that into the pot.
He said that was the advantage of Irish stew: you got rid of such a lot of things.

I fished out a couple of eggs that had got cracked, and put those in.