Today is chicken soup day. The local store sells packages of root
veggies, parsley, onions, leeks. I bought a whole chicken cut up.

The recipe in Joy of Cooking says to add mace, so I thought I'd try
that.

Do people brown their chicken before making the soup? or just put it in
and let it boil?

I never ate acorn squash before so I'm trying that too. Thought I'd try
cooking it in the microwave, then add the brown sugar, butter.
Nice fall dishes.