Jerry Wayne Odom Jr

4 lbs stewing hen cut into 12 pieces
1/3 cup cooking oil
1 stalk celery cut fine
1 medium onion cut fine
1 medium green pepper cut fine
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon ginger
salt & black pepper

Cut up, wash and season chicken well with salt & pepper. Put oil in pot and let get very hot. Add flour and stir constantly to make a roux. Add onions, celery, pepper and stir until well mixed. Add paprika and 3 quarts hot water and cook on low heat 30 minutes stirring occasionally. Add raw chicken. Let cook over a medium heat until chicken is tender. Serve with rice or dumplings. Will serve 6 people. Optionally you can add a few shakes of tabasco for a piquant flavor.

1 gallon blackberries
4-5 cups of sugar
3 quarts of water

Boil blackberries, sugar and water until water starts to thicken slightly.(1-2 hours over medium heat)

Dumplings
1.5 cups self rising flour.
3 tablespoons melted margarine
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs beaten
2 tablespoons sugar

Stir flour, milk, sugar, margarine and eggs until well beaten. Drop by teaspoon into hot liquid. Turn dumplings once when cooked and continue to cook until all dumplings are cooked. If mixture becomes too thick add water and boil until liquid becomes hot again.

2 cups flour
1 cup milk
1 egg
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of soda

Sift dry ingredients into bowl. Add milk and egg; mix well. Drop by spoonful in to deep fat heated to 375 degrees. Fry until golden and drain on paper towel. Serve with syrup and butter.