US Janet wrote:

> On Sun, 16 May 2021 17:38:33 -0400, Boron Elgar
> > wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 16 May 2021 15:35:38 -0600, US Janet
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I asked because I was astonished to sometimes see TV chefs toss
> > > the entire stem of the broccoli or specifiy to only use the green
> > > or white of green onions and toss the rest away.
> > >
> > > Janet US
> >
> > Nothing vegetative really gets tossed here. Depending on what it is,
> > it goes into a stock pot or into the compost.
>
> I've always had a large plastic zip bag in the freezer. That's where
> celery stumps,carrot ends, wrinkled mushrooms, oldish onions etc go.
> When my daughter was young she knew when she came home from school to
> start soup for supper with the veggie bag. I also have a zip bag of
> trimmings from chicken in the freezer. The two bags make excellent
> broth for chicken soup.
> I later learned that she still makes soup that way and that she taught
> her two boys to make soup that way.
> Janet US

Same here for the veggie stock. I used the last today so will make
more this weekend.