Stew/Stew in one’s own juice

To stew meaning to be left to suffer the natural consequences of one’s own actions dates in this sense from the mid-17th century. To stew in one’s own juice, which means the same thing dates from much later, 1885 according to the OED. To be in a stew about something, meaning to be in difficulty or worried about something dates from 1809 according to the OED.