"Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings was considered a gourmet dish,reserved for when my grandma came to dinner. Mom got out her best linens and china and would walk out with a beautiful tureen of love for us...."
INGREDIENTS
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1 Whole Chicken approx. 3 to 4 lbs
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Chicken Stock/ approx. 2 to 2 1/2 quarts
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1 large onion-chopped
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2 stalks celery-sliced
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5 carrots cut into rounds/coins
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Dumplings
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2 cups self rising flour
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1/4 Crisco
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1/2 cup chilled butter cut into cubes
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1 Cup Buttermilk
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salt
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pepper