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Stone Soup
Oh, there are so many versions. This is the most popular.
Some travellers come to a village, carrying nothing more than an empty cooking pot. Upon their arrival, the villagers are unwilling to share any of their food stores with the hungry travellers. So the travellers go to the neck of the stream and fill the pot with water, drop a large stone in it, and place it over a fire . One of the villagers becomes curious and asks what they are doing. The travellers answer that they are making "stone soup", which tastes wonderful, although it still needs a little bit of garnish to improve the flavor, which they are missing. The villager does not mind parting with just a little bit of carrot to help them out, so it gets added to the soup. Another villager walks by, inquiring about the pot, and the travellers again mention their stone soup which has not reached its full potential yet. The villager hands them a little bit of seasoning to help them out. More and more villagers walk by, each adding another ingredient. Finally, a delicious and nourishing pot of soup is enjoyed by all. Jill |
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On 9/16/2011 8:19 PM, jmcquown wrote:
Oh, there are so many versions. This is the most popular. Some travellers come to a village, carrying nothing more than an empty cooking pot. Upon their arrival, the villagers are unwilling to share any of their food stores with the hungry travellers. So the travellers go to the neck of the stream and fill the pot with water, drop a large stone in it, and place it over a fire . One of the villagers becomes curious and asks what they are doing. The travellers answer that they are making "stone soup", which tastes wonderful, although it still needs a little bit of garnish to improve the flavor, which they are missing. The villager does not mind parting with just a little bit of carrot to help them out, so it gets added to the soup. Another villager walks by, inquiring about the pot, and the travellers again mention their stone soup which has not reached its full potential yet. The villager hands them a little bit of seasoning to help them out. More and more villagers walk by, each adding another ingredient. Finally, a delicious and nourishing pot of soup is enjoyed by all. Jill Ah! Thank you Jill. I'd heard the term "stone soup" before, but didn't know where I came from. I always thought it was a technique used in ancient times when cooking vessels couldn't be put on a fire because they'd break. So people would heat stones in a fire and then keep placing them in the pot one after another until the contents of the pot were cooked. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message ... On 9/16/2011 8:19 PM, jmcquown wrote: Oh, there are so many versions. This is the most popular. Some travellers come to a village, carrying nothing more than an empty cooking pot. Upon their arrival, the villagers are unwilling to share any of their food stores with the hungry travellers. So the travellers go to the neck of the stream and fill the pot with water, drop a large stone in it, and place it over a fire . One of the villagers becomes curious and asks what they are doing. The travellers answer that they are making "stone soup", which tastes wonderful, although it still needs a little bit of garnish to improve the flavor, which they are missing. The villager does not mind parting with just a little bit of carrot to help them out, so it gets added to the soup. Another villager walks by, inquiring about the pot, and the travellers again mention their stone soup which has not reached its full potential yet. The villager hands them a little bit of seasoning to help them out. More and more villagers walk by, each adding another ingredient. Finally, a delicious and nourishing pot of soup is enjoyed by all. Jill Ah! Thank you Jill. I'd heard the term "stone soup" before, but didn't know where I came from. I always thought it was a technique used in ancient times when cooking vessels couldn't be put on a fire because they'd break. So people would heat stones in a fire and then keep placing them in the pot one after another until the contents of the pot were cooked. -- Hugs, CatNipped It's probably true about using hot stones to heat things up in what were (likely) clay-based cooking pots But the tale of Stone Soup is about being generous and sharing what you have with strangers. Jill |
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No cluons were harmed when "jmcquown" wrote:
the tale of Stone Soup is about being generous and sharing what you have with strangers. I thought it was about tricking people into being generous. -- Proof of sanity forged upon request |
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"Mark Edwards" wrote in message . com... No cluons were harmed when "jmcquown" wrote: the tale of Stone Soup is about being generous and sharing what you have with strangers. I thought it was about tricking people into being generous. -- Proof of sanity forged upon request ************* Sometimes people need to be tricked Jill |
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No cluons were harmed when "jmcquown" wrote:
Sometimes people need to be tricked Reminds me of when I told a friend that I liked the moral of the Die Hard movies. She laughed until I told her it was "Just. because you can't possibly win, doesn't mean you should give up". -- Proof of sanity forged upon request |
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Mark Edwards wrote:
No cluons were harmed when "jmcquown" wrote: the tale of Stone Soup is about being generous and sharing what you have with strangers. I thought it was about tricking people into being generous. GMTA. Joyce -- Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto a freeway. |
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jmcquown wrote:
It's probably true about using hot stones to heat things up in what were (likely) clay-based cooking pots But the tale of Stone Soup is about being generous and sharing what you have with strangers. I thought it was about being clever and getting stingy people to share what they have. Another way to look at it is, if people are asked to give up a lot, nobody will do it. But if each person is asked to spare just a little bit, most will do that, and the asker ends up with the same amount. Joyce -- Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto a freeway. |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message ... On 9/17/2011 4:25 PM, wrote: jmcquown wrote: It's probably true about using hot stones to heat things up in what were (likely) clay-based cooking pots But the tale of Stone Soup is about being generous and sharing what you have with strangers. I thought it was about being clever and getting stingy people to share what they have. Another way to look at it is, if people are asked to give up a lot, nobody will do it. But if each person is asked to spare just a little bit, most will do that, and the asker ends up with the same amount. Joyce Yeah, it's like here when someone needs help with a vet bill. Nobody can come up with the $300 to give, but 30 people might be able to give $10. -- Hugs, CatNipped I suppose the moral of the story is different depending on who reads it. I saw it as giving, others saw it as clever (which it was) or taking or tricking. I like to think there's good in most people (yeah, I'm crazy that way) and if asked to give a little they'll give what they can. I think of my grandparents when I think about this story. During the Depression my mom's mother would feed hobos (yes, the guys who rode the rails) at the kitchen door, sharing a little of the soup and bread she had made for her family. She didn't begrudge them being hungry or out of work. It was just the way things were. She also took in the occasional boarder. Boarding included a room for the night, dinner and a hot bath. My father's mother, OTOH, wouldn't give up a single carrot; she'd chase anyone who came to her door away with a shotgun. Two totally different mindsets. Jill |
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