Jeff

And I’ve sent that tip on to my friend, so hopefully that will help her be able to post by herself.

Kathy

Guess what? I am using a Mac! But I did (finally) figure it out. (In case your friend would like to know: type in text editor and save as html, then copy and paste to wordpress.) I appreciate all your help though.

As for the peels: good question. I can’t say I honestly know the answer. But I do know these things: I buy direct from my local farmers whenever I can (and I buy in bulk, in season and freeze what can’t be used right away - were talking bushels of corn cut from the cob here - which is excellent thrown in soup and stews!). I grow what I can (which is limited to containers these days). I always wash veggies first. Produce that’s “on it’s way out” (but not “gone’ makes excellent tasting stock (better than fresher ingredients - mushrooms especially). Any restaurant that makes homemade soup and their own sauces is highly likely to be making their own stock. And my family has never once in the 25+ years I’ve been making it (probably once a month), gotten sick. It may be psychological, but eating homemade chicken soup actually makes people feel better!

I don’t like what’s put on and in our food either. If I could afford 100% organic, that’s what I’d buy. It’s more expensive but there’s no reason this recipe can’t be all organic.

Thanks for the question. We should all be concerned with our food supply these days, I think.

Are you copying and pasting the text, and then the paragraphs don’t come out right? That happens to me sometimes, and you can “clean up messy code” or “clear formatting” which usually clears it up for me. When you’re writing/editing your post, on the “visual” tab, there will be the various buttons (for bold, italics, etc.). On the far right is a button that has “show/hide advanced toolbar” and the button has a dotted line with a break and then two dotted lines below it. Click on that and a second toolbar appears underneath that first toolbar. There will be a little white “eraser” button and a little broom which will clear formatting and clean up messy code, respectively. (You have to select the text you want before you click these buttons, for them to work.)

Anyway, usually when I just type stuff, hitting enter automatically makes the paragraph division show up; but if it doesn’t, then putting the code in — under the “code” tab — should probably fix it.

Ok, now that I’ve helped you, it’s your turn! I’ve wondered about the peelings and things. One of the main reasons I peel vegetables and discard stems and other remnants is because of the pesticides (or sometimes they’ve gotten a little old, or even have bits of mold–of course, I buy in bulk, so don’t always get things used while they’re the freshest…). Anyway, I’ve always wondered if I made stock from veggies, wouldn’t I just be putting all of the “bad” stuff I’ve just cut off into the broth? Or does boiling it kill everything and make it usable? I didn’t want to make my family sick, just to save a little money on broth, y’know.

Thanks,
Kathy