[LAU] [OT] Stone soup

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 09:27:48PM +0000, Folderol wrote:

> We've had stone soup a few times over on the Kara-Moon forum. The trick
> is knowing when to remove the stone. Too soon and the soup is thin and
> doesn't develop any real flavour. Too late and it becomes thick and
> lifeless.

I learned about stone soup years ago, when
learning Portuguese in evening class, in a
text we had to study. The story went as
follows:

A beggar arrives at a farm, and asks for some
water to make soup. He's given the water, makes
a fire a starts boiling a stone. The farmer and
his family are looking at the scene in disbelief.

When the water is boiling, the beggar asks:
"maybe you've got also a tomato or so ?"
He's given a tomato.
...
And some other vegatables ?
...
And some mushrooms ?
...
And maybe some piece of meat or chicken ?
...
And some salt, pepper and 'alecrim' (rosemary) ?
...

So he ends up with quite a good soup.

Ciao,

-- 
FA
Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica
Parma, Italia
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