” I’m trying to picture R’ Chaim making a chicken soup or cholent…”
In the biography of Rebbetzin Kanievsky Zatsal, it mentions that someone once asked her if Rav Chaim, YBD”L ever smokes. She said, “Of course not. 1. It’s unhealthy. 2. It would be really dangerous for him to smoke. He would put the cigarette down, and get involved in learning…”
I can only imagine what would happy if he tried making a chicken soup….The Chulent would be less problematic, I suppose.