I can never wait to eat it even knowing it's better on day 2 and 3.
Have some in a cast iron pot on the wood stove right now cooking away. Put some rabbit in it to keep it going for another couple of days. Oldandnew I have had some of that stew you are talking about. I was in France visiting relatives and was at a farm that was butchering some steers and pigs and had a big kettle of it going.