Chicken And Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 chicken
salt and pepper
water to cover
2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3 Tbsp. shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk

Preparation

Place chicken in large boiler.
Add water; cook until done. Remove chicken from broth.
Cool.
Bone chicken and cut meat into bite size pieces.