Vegetable Stock

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 Vidalia onion, peeled and cut into large chunks
1 carrot, peeled and cubed
4 celery sticks, cut into 2 inch long sections
8 cups of water
4 dried shitake mushrooms
3 cloves garlic, peeled
ginger, 2 inch piece peeled and cut in half
2 stalks of parsley
2 tsp salt
Pinch of black pepper

Soup to Consommé

Ingredients:
Vegetable soup stock
Egg whites from 2 eggs