For example, they suggest you tell kids a story about what happens to crabs in a pot of water on a stove.

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First, the primary dashi, which functions as this soup's broth, comes together when a pot of water with kombu is boiled and bonito flakes are tossed in.

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This is a cyberspace equivalent of the fairytale about stone soup, in which two men set up a big pot full of water over a fire in a town square, drop in a stone, and start stirring.

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Gross says to picture a frog, and picture a pot of boiling water.

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Obvious discomfort rose from the group and hit me in the face like steam from a pot of boiling water.

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Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.

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My father is a dumper: He likes to throw a lot of different things into the pot, put the lid on and bring the water to a roiling boil.

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Pour water into the bottom of a lidded deep pot wide enough to hold 9-inch cake pan.

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Swish the clams gently in the water and let soak for a few minutes, then lift them out with a wire-mesh skimmer and place them in the other pot of cold water.

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