Good input! I have to read up on that compound buildup. The idea of the hunter’s pot was to water it down once it’s 1/3, maybe that did the trick back in the day. These were some tough dudes…
For the water, I used filtered tap water, so should be ok on that.
The alcohol is a fantastic idea and it can pair well with the leftover cooked down to a stew with potatoes and meats. I have to think about that. Salt and maybe rosemary are anti-microbial as well.
Yes, I should be more specific. I can heat only the serving I need, but that is not the point of my thought experiment. It is obviously a horrible idea if I want to be as eco friendly as possible.
The idea is: heat everything up to a boiling point every time just to kill the bad stuff, how long can I keep something like this going.
Today I made my monthly “throw everything leftover in a pot” soup. Into the stockpot went comfrey, carrots, all sorts of celery, fenel, onion, leek, cabbage, ginger, garlic, tomato paste and for the meaty part some leftover grilled porkchops. All chopped to small pieces, fried and finally cooked in lots of water with leftover veggi-stock and tons of other spices I had to get rid of (caraway, chili, sweet paprika).
A hearty dish for a cold friday night. But while I whittled the veggis I was asking myself: can I make a “hunter’s pot” from this soup? Obviously it is a big pot of soup and I’m on my own, but if I eat 2 meals a day I can half the thing in 2-3 days. It will be chilled over night and boiled every time it comes out of the fridge.
Will this this start to ferment at some point? Can I just blend the rest, throw in some fresh vegs, meats and water? Make a stew with all sorts of meat? Ideas?
one of these days I’ll write it down.
Do it now! The internet is so unreliable these days, one day you wake up and - poof - your favorite recipe is gone. You try to find it, then you try to remember the correct ingredients. But it is gone forever. Like a beautiful dream. And every time you cook it something tastes off. Because I didn’t write it down!