Gary wrote:

> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > US Janet wrote:
> > > Soup starts to warm you just by being on the stove cooking
> > > Janet US
> >
> > Actually, in my house it has the opposite effect. The thermostat
> > is just outside the kitchen.
>
> I agree with Janet. Soup on the stove, or something good cooking in
> the oven creates the "comfort home effect."
>
> Go outside in the cold for awhile, then come back inside to warmer
> house with good cooking smells. Oh yeah!

I've got another batch of vegetable broth going. This one has about 1/2
c woody shiitake stems in it. Plus the normal cores of a cabbage ,
ends of a Lotus root (and peels), onion skins and ends, Carrot ends,
turnip peels and ends. Very nice flavor developing.

Some of the last batch is left in the freezer but this one is smaller
so will get added to that for a gallon or so once strained.

(yes Sheldon, you toss such out the window for the wild life but I live
in the city and that's illegal here to toss trash out for 'wildlife'
and a health hazard since we don't get wildlife in our yards).