[Oh? What's this now? So he does have a spark within him somewhere.]

Stock, y'say? [He laughs, and an easy grin is easy enough to imagine.] Wouldn't be much of a cook if I didn't now, would I? Soup's one of the staples of life, it is. Be a shame to ignore 'er virtues.

Name your passion, and I'll see if I have any within these lonely cupboards o' mine. ...Or perhaps you're not of the discriminatin' sort?