Jill wrote:

> I only add the vegetables to make a nice rich stock. They get strained
> out and discarded when I remove the chicken to debone it. I know some
> people add vegetables to the (almost) finished product - carrots, celery,
> green beans, corn, peas, even potatoes. Doesn't that make it chicken stew
> with dumplings instead?


It's chicken stew with dumplings either way, with vegetables or without. If
you were to omit the dumplings from your recipe, wouldn't you be left with
chicken stew (albeit a rather PLAIN chicken stew)?

Bob