“Recipe for Irish stew: Drink the Guinness, forget about the stew” (joke)

Irish stew is a classic Irish dish, but there are many ways it can be made. Some recipes include Guinness stout.
 
A joke Irish stew recipe is:
 
“Get some meat, some potatoes and a lot of Guinness stout. Drink all of the stout. Forget about the stew.”
 
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1999.
 
 
Wikipedia: Irish stew
Irish stew (Irish: stobhach / Stobhach Gaelach) is any variety of meat-and-root vegetables stew native to Ireland. As in all traditional folk dishes, the exact recipe is not consistent from time or place to place. Common ingredients include lamb, or mutton (mutton is used as it comes from less tender sheep over a year old, is fattier, and has a stronger flavour, and was generally more common in less-affluent times) as well as potatoes, onions, and parsley. It may sometimes also include carrots. Irish stew is also made with kid goat.
 
Google Books
Catch the Irish Laughter
By Dave Abbott
Vancouver, BC: Inisfree Communications
2000, ©1999
Pg. 63:
Quick Recipe for Irish Stew
We’ve got our own recipe for Irish stew. Get some meat, some potatoes and a lot of Guinness stout. Drink all of the stout. Forget about the stew.
 
The O’Byrne Files (Archived March 5, 2001)
3.  Irish Stew
We’ve got our own recipe for Irish stew: Get some meat, some potatoes and a lot of Guinness Stout. Drink all of the beer. Forget about the stew.
 
Google Groups: de.talk.jokes
Guinness again!
Robert Boor
4/25/01
We’ve got our own recipe for Irish stew: Get some meat, some potatoes and a lot of Guinness Stout. Drink all of the stout. Forget about the stew.
 
Google Groups: uk.rec.humour
For the irish
Tommy
3/17/03
(...)
Recipe for Irish stew: Get some meat, some potatoes and a lot of Guinness Stout. Drink all of the beer. Forget about the stew.
 
Twitter
Marshall ™
‏@ryan000
Recipe: Irish stew - Get some meat, some potatoes and a lot of Guinness Stout. Drink all of the stout. Forget about the stew.
1:36 PM - 17 Mar 2009
 
Twitter
Tito Mulindi Mmula™
‏@Pjmmula
IRISH STEW RECIPÉ 
Ingredients :
-Meat.
-Irish potatoes.
-Guinness.
Procedure :
-Drink all the Guiness.
-Forget about the stew.
10:06 AM - 1 Jan 2014
 
Google Books
Parties & Porches:
Vintage-Style Entertaining: Food, Flowers & Fabulous Women
By Brenda Murphy & friends
Lulu Press, Inc. (lulu.com)
2015
Pg. ?:
If you prefer Irish stew instead, consider this recipe: Get some meat, some potatoes, and a lot of Guinness stout. Drink all of the beer. Forget about the stew.
   
Twitter
Griff Pope
‏@GriffPope
Irish Stew recipe: Get some meat, some potatoes and Guinness stout. Drink all the stout and forget about the stew. #StPatricksDay
8:53 AM - 17 Mar 2015
   
Irish Central
Warm up your St. Patrick’s Day with this Irish Guinness stew recipe
Amy Andrews @irishcentral March 11,2016 01:00 AM
It’s St. Patrick’s Day! You’re Irish! So what could be better than a Guinness Irish stew.