2 c  Flour
1/2 ts Sifted baking soda
1 ts Salt
1/4 c  Crisco
1    Egg
1 c  Buttermilk
1    Hen
1/2 ts Salt

In 8-10 quart saucepan with lid,stew in hen in water until tender with salt
& pepper. Remove hen, skin & debone; set aside. Mix flour, soda, 1/2 ts.
pepper, & 1/2 ts. salt. Cut in Crisco until crumbles. Add milk. Mix well &
turn on well floured surface to roll. Sprinkle flour on top & roll very
thin. Makes approximately 17×25-inch squares. Bring chicken broth to a
boil & drop dumplings in one at a time. Keep dumplings separated. Simmer
15 min. Serve immediately. You may return chicken to pot or serve
separately.

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