Fried Deer - cooking recipe

Ingredients

deer, sliced across grain 1/4-inch thick
1 c. cornmeal
butter

Preparation

Cut up 1 large, fat hen (6 to 8 pounds) and put in a large pot to cook until tender.
Make sure to have enough broth on the chicken.
Put aside about a quart of broth for the dumplings. Take the broth and add to the flour. Keep adding flour to broth until the dough is very stiff.
If you use plain flour, add salt. If you use self-rising flour, do not add salt.
Divide the dough into 2 parts.
Roll until thin.
Cut and drop dumplings into boiling broth.
Let cook until done.
Never stir dumplings.
Shake pot to keep dumplings from sticking.
This is an old recipe, handed down in the family.