stew too thick? whip out your flour! adding flour to a stew is a common way to thicken it
now, if you've never made stew before, or if you've never heard about stew thickening, or if you have but you only heard about it a little bit, not enough to get the details, or if you've heard about it but never done it, so you forgot the details, or if you've heard about it and done it but still forgot the details, there is an important thing to mention here
one CANNOT add flour to the stew directly. if you add flour to the stew directly it will clump and the stew will be bad, and you will be sad, and your guests will be sad, and you will be mad, and your guests will be mad, and you will be sad, and you will be sad.
instead, you have to turn the flour into a sultry sexy slutty slurry in order to mix it in. take some of your flour, put it into a bowl (or a cup, or a basin, or a bowl, or even your sous-chef's mouth), and add just a little bit of water. then stir it up, and add just a little bit of water. then stir it up, and add just a little bit of water. then stir it up, and add just a little bit of water. when you exit the time loop, you should have a smooth, thick fluid
pour that into your stew and mix it up.