questions about the chicken soup on page 91

[Guest guest]

I'm trying to make my first batch of chicken soup. I'm using the recipe on page

91 of the tenth aniversary edition of BTVC.

I have a couple questions:

Is there any reason why I have to puree the carrots? Is it okay to just chop

them in the soup, so that it will be like stew?

It says to add 2 large onions, but it doesn't say to chop them up. Am I just

supposed to add them whole? Then, at the bottom of the recipe, it says not to

use the onions, parsley and celery at the start of the diet, so am I supposed to

take them out after simmering the soup for 4 hours, or am I not supposed to be

using them at all at this point?

Thanks in advance,

Marilyn