Chicken & Dumplings
Mimi's recipe (great grandmother)

1.5 C flour
1 T Crisco
.5 C water
pinch salt

This is actually from your great grand mother, Lizzie Brooke, and no telling who she got it from or how old it is.

-One chicken boiled until tender, about 1.5 hr (bring to boil, cover, simmer to retain flavors)
-Mix above, roll thin, cut into strips (Brookie left them over night in the refrigerator before cooking but not completely necessary I think)
-Drop one at a time in boiling chicken broth, slowly so as not to drop the water temp
-Stir with a fork for about 20 min or until done
-Add chicken
-Eat the hell out of them

Keli's Variation

I use whole chicken breasts - about 4 of them. Boil them with pepper, parsley, chives for about 20 mins. Once they're done I take remove them from the boiled water mixture and add the dumplings in one at a time (I always make a double bunch of dumplings). Once the dumplings are done, I shred the chicken and put that in. Add more pepper and season with powdered chicken broth - not too salty, everyone can add their own salt. To top it off I thrown in some fresh Hatch green chile! It's all about that dumpling recipe, the combination of the ingredients and the ingredients used. There's some wild dumpling recipes out there to say the least. Let that cook a good 20 mins, simmering. If you let them sit overnight (in the fridge of course) they're just totally mind-blowing awesome.