Grandma'S Chicken Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 medium fryer chicken, cut up
10 c. cold water
2 celery stalks with leaves, cut into pieces
1 onion, quartered
5 black peppercorns
6 sprigs parsley
salt and pepper to taste
1 c. vermicelli noodles, uncooked
2 eggs
juice of 1 lemon

Preparation

Put cut up chicken in a heavy pot or stock pot.
Cover with water.
Add celery, onion, peppercorns and parsley.
Bring to boil.
Reduce heat and skim foam on top.
Simmer halfway covered for 1 1/2 hours.
Cool slightly.
Remove chicken and strain broth. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Remove chicken from bone and chop. Add 2 cups of chopped chicken to strained broth (reserving rest of another use).
Stir in vermicelli noodles, simmer 15 minutes. Beat eggs with juice of 1 lemon.
Add a little of hot soup mixture (so mix won't curdle).
Pour egg mix into stock pot.
Mix well, heat and serve.