Country Chicken N Dumplins

Country Chicken N Dumplins...

Wardrobe:Moo Moo....check

Curlers......checks

Scarf holding the curlers tightly to your head.....check

House shoes.......check

Red lipstick....check (hey, a girl has to look nice don't she?)

Ingredients:2 large chicken breasts fer boilin2 chicken boullion cubes (that's them little cubes of dried chickin powder)6 to 8 cups water2 chopped carrots1/2 cup peasPlace all ingredients into a large pot and boil. Boil until chicken falls apart adding water as needed. (about 1-2 hours)

Homemade Dumplings
1 1/2 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon parsley flakes, if desired
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons shortening
3/4 cup milk

Mix flour, parsley, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until mixture looks like fine crumbs. Stir in milk.
Drop spoonfuls of batter into boiling chicken, vegetables, and stock. Place lid onto pot andcontinue to boil for 15 to 20 minutes. Spoon over mashed potato's if you are a northerner, or eat alone if you are in the south......or if you are ugly. Best served at a picnic table in the kitchen surrounded by lawn chairs.

p.s. Just in case your prone to dumplin splatter take a gander at our red check apron...it's right nice.