Chicken and Noodles

One family tradition on my side of the family is to

have homemade chicken and noodles as a side dish

for the holidays. I don't know how far back the tradition

goes, but I do remember my great Aunt Winifred

(we called her Auntie) making them! I've carried on the

tradition using the same recipe.

The dough is eggs, yolks, salt and flour.

The Mister always does his part of rolling out sheets

of pasta paper thin. It takes a lot of upper body strength,

so I leave this part to him! His reward is in the eating!

Then I stack strips and slice as thin as I can. It makes a lot, but that's alright...it's the favorite leftover! The stock was made earlier and frozen. It's made from stewing two young chickens with celery, peppercorns, whole onions with the skins, garlic and salt. Simmer until the meat falls off the bones and the stock is rich and dark. Yum...no wonder the tradition goes on after all these years!