Soup (again)

Started large (20 quart) pot today.   Two large stewing hens, lots of celery, carrot, onion, garlic, parsley, bay leaves, black pepper, other herbs.  The drought has done in our herbs (water restrictions meant we could not water the vegetable garden as much as it needed) so herbs are dried.  

 Making and putting up this much stock and chicken meat is a two-day task (though, past chopping up the vegetable bits, the first day is mostly monitoring the degree of simmer), but it saves me a lot of tim