On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:16:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"George M. Middius" > wrote in message
.. .
>> 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.
>
>Seein' as how I just ate one of those pieces of potato, cold, strikes me as
>nutty too. Had plenty of flavor.
>
>Adding veggies to a roast is not the same as making a broth. Unless you
>count the onions of course. The meat should be mostly cooked first and then
>you add the veggies.

That would depend on the size of meat, and the type/size of veggies...
only cooking experience can dictate at what point to add each
ingredient.