It would be more accurate to imagine a version of the tale where the stone soup chef rifles through people's houses to collect ingredients without permission (i

It would be more accurate to imagine a version of the tale where the stone soup chef rifles through people's houses to collect ingredients without permission (if they were against it surely they would've opted out of his services and obtained guard dogs?), and then opened a stand to sell the soup in the town square at premium prices while tainting the wares of his fellow vendors with his leftover slop.