Age: 77
Hometown: Bossier City
Hobbies: Cooking, crocheting, and basket weaving
How long have you been cooking? 65 years
How did you start cooking? Helping my mother
What’s your favorite dish to cook? Chicken and dumplings
What do people say about your cooking? It’s the best.
What’s your philosophy when it comes to cooking? Make the food taste the best it can.
Anything you want to say to the public? Eat up and enjoy.
Chicken and Dumplings (large serving)
Ingredients:
Chicken —
10 lbs. chicken
1/2 cup of cooking oil
6 cans of broth
1 tbsp. crushed garlic
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 lb. of real butter
Dough —
5 lbs. all purpose flour
2 tbsp. salt
1/2 cup of cooking oil
cup of cold water
Directions:
Cook chicken with oil. Add salt to taste.
Remove skin and bones, strain broth.
Add six cans of broth, garlic, onion, celery, buttter.
Add chicken, bring to a boil.
Mix flour into large bolw, add salt and cooking oil.
Mix with hand with cup of ice col water, half-a-cup at a time.
Mix until sticks together
Use pastry sheet to roll dough out.
Cut in to strips and drop into broth.
Simmer for 30 minutes or until dough is cooked.
