aka Stone Soup

Eggy, Thanks for the additional recipe. Such Fun. I am familiary with the "Stone Soup" fable. Here it is for other TKL pals who may not know it.

((The Recipe Link, in my opinion, is our current version of "Stone Soup." By working together, with everyone contributing what they can, a greater good is achieved.))
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The Story of Stone Soup

Once upon a time, somewhere in post-war Eastern Europe, there
was a great famine in which people jealously hoarded whatever
food they could find, hiding it even from their friends and
neighbors. One day a wandering soldier came into a village and
began asking questions as if he planned to stay for the night.

"There's not a bite to eat in the whole province," he was told.
"Better keep moving on."

"Oh, I have everything I need," he said. "In fact, I was thinking of
making some stone soup to share with all of you." He pulled an
iron cauldron from his wagon, filled it with water, and built a fire
under it. Then, with great ceremony, he drew an ordinary-looking
stone from a velvet bag and dropped it into the water.

By now, hearing the rumor of food, most of the villagers had
come to the square or watched from their windows. As the
soldier sniffed the "broth" and licked his lips in anticipation, hunger
began to overcome their skepticism.

"Ahh," the soldier said to himself rather loudly, "I do like a tasty
stone soup. Of course, stone soup with cabbage -- that's hard to
beat."

Soon a villager approached hesitantly, holding a cabbage he'd
retrieved from its hiding place, and added it to the pot. "Capital!"
cried the soldier. "You know, I once had stone soup with
cabbage and a bit of salt beef as well, and it was fit for a king."

The village butcher managed to find some salt beef . . . and so it
went, through potatoes, onions, carrots, mushrooms, and so on,
until there was indeed a delicious meal for all. The villagers
offered the soldier a great deal of money for the magic stone, but
he refused to sell and traveled on the next day.

The moral is that
by working together, with everyone contributing what they can, a
greater good is achieved.