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Squirrels And Dumplings Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
5-6 squirrels or 4 rabbits
4 cups water (for meat)
1 large onion (sliced)
1 cup chopped celery with leaves
1 medium carrot (scraped and sliced)
2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 cup cold water (for gravy)
6 tbsp flour

Dumplings:
2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup parsley (optional)
3 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp shortening
1 cup buttermilk (approximately)
Directions:
Directions:
Combine meat, water, vegetables, salt and pepper in a large kettle with tight cover. Cover, heat to a boil and simmer until meat is tender (1 to 1 1/2 hours). Let meat cool a little then, remove meat from broth and pick out bones. Strain broth and mash vegetables through strainer into the broth. Add water to broth to make five cups. Return to heat and boil.
Stir one half cup of cold water into six tablespoons flour to make gravy; stirring until gravy thickens and boils (about one minute). Season to taste. Return meat to gravy, heat slowly to boil while making dumplings.

Dumplings Direction:
Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Cut in shortening until crumbly, stir in parsley and enough buttermilk to moisten flour. Dough should be soft. Drop dumpling batter inti steaming kettle in 12 or more mounds, cover and cook 20 minutes with no peeking! Serve on a heated platter with the gravy separate.

 

 

 

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