On Feb 27, 3:31*pm, "Christopher M." > wrote:
> Carrots in beef broth cooked for 8 hours on low. Bad idea.
>
> W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)

You could recover by adding some lentils and spices and making lentil
soup.

Sounds like you were trying to cook vegetables the way the English
used to. Boil for ever! Cabbage used to be particularly good, cook
for ever, then throw out the goodness in the water and serve the pale
green cabbage that was left.