BABBLING BROOK'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Cook hen whole or disjointed in 1 1/2 quarts of water seasoned with salt.
• Cook for about 3 hours.
• When tender, lift out of the broth and cool. Pick meat from bones and cut in small pieces.
• Thicken broth with 7 tablespoons flour and 3/4 cup water.
• Mix smooth with an egg beater.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Add a few drops of yellow food coloring.
• Strain over chicken.
• Reserve 4 cups of gravy in a flat stew pan for the dumplings. Bring to boil when ready to cook dumplings.
• To make the dumplings, sift dry ingredients into the blended egg, milk and oil and stir briskly until blended.
• Drop dumpling batter by teaspoonfuls into the boiling gravy.
• Cover and cook gently for 8-10 minutes or until done.