they brewed them into a stew.这句话是什么意思？

问题描述

So the shepherd took some of the branches to the local monastery....
where the abbots decided to roast them..
.When the berries burned....
.the beans inside gave off such a pleasant aroma....
they brewed them into a stew..
Stew, huh?.
And over the next few hundred years, it spread to Arabia, Europe....
even Sumatra, like that hooch you got over there..

我觉得意思是他们在炖菜锅中冲泡它们。但是词典中说：名词[废语]炖菜锅，煨焖器。

如果是废语的话，那么现在就没有这个意思了，那么这个句子如何解释？

还有hooch在这里的意思是什么？

老师答疑

刘老师：

这个问题，关键是对brew的理解：brew sth. into... 意思是“把某物煮成......”。

stew 是名词，(尤指肉与蔬菜的)“炖菜，焖菜，杂烩”。 into a stew 说明brew（煮）的结果。在本句中，stew不是【废语】，词典说的废语，是指别的意思。

They brewed them into a stew. 意为：他们把这些东西煮成大杂烩了。

hooch 是“烈酒”。