Steve Pope wrote:

> >> You're not supposed to eat the carrots and onions from a pot roast.
> >> They are to be discarded.
>
> >Go on, please. Why would you discard food?
>
> The idea is similar to when you make vegetable stock. The solid
> portions are discarded because, after two or three hours of cooking
> all the flavor has gone into the liquid.

That strikes me as more than a little nutty.