I think I'm trying to push the season. It's still danged hot here, up
into the 90's, and I'm getting hungry for fall and winter food. Last
Sunday I just had to have some chicken and dumplings.

This is all on my blah, blah, blog if you don't want to click through
photos.

I had most of what I needed to make it.
I thought I had a whole chicken but all I had was some chicken legs so
I used those. Heck, chicken's chicken right?

Put the chicken legs in the pot and add just enough water to cover.
Add a chopped up onion and carrot. I didn't have any celery but I
added celery seed later. Dang it, I should have added a bay leaf like
I usually do. I know you will when you make it.
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Once the chicken is cooked, take it out of the pot and set it aside to
cool a little. Then separate the meat from the bones and the skin. If
I were making chicken broth, this is where I would add the bones and
skin back into the pot to simmer for a couple of hours.
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Add the chicken back into the broth. Here is where I added some celery
seed and about half a tablespoon of thyme. Bring the broth up to a
boil.
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While the broth is coming to a boil, mix up your dumpling dough. I was
raised on fluffy Bisquick dumplings. Just Bisquick and milk and it's
good to go.
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Adding the dough to the boiling broth.
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Now, here's where my new Gorillapod http://tinyurl.com/4358vm has come
in handy. I wanted to get a shot of the dumplings dropping off the
spoon into the broth. Fortunately my camera has a timer on it,
unfortunately my timing sucks and this is the best I could get. Here's
what I did with the Gorillapod to get the shot.
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Dang, I'm so clever ;-) but I have to admit I was a little nervous
having my precious camera so precariously perched.

O.K. back to cooking.
Dumplings simmering away. I did add too many to the pot and some of
them were a little on the doughy side. I know you'll not do that.
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But most were nice and fluffy.
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A little grinding of some fresh black pepper and I'm ready for fall.
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koko
There is no love more sincere than the love of food
George Bernard Shaw
www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 9/26