Magic Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 whole fryer chicken
water
2 large parsnips
2 small onions
4 large carrots
2 large turnips
3 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 lb wide egg noodles
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
salt
pepper

Preparation

Place chicken in pot, cover with cold, good-tasting water.
Rough chop 1 onion (including skin), 1 parsnip, 1 turnip, 2 carrots and add to stock pot.
Add garlic, ginger and salt& pepper.
Bring all ingredients to a boil then reduce to a simmer.
Simmer stock for at least 2 hours, skimming any scum that rises to the top.
The longer you cook this, the better it tastes.
You can make the stock in a crockpot for 6-8 hours on low.
Remove vegetables and discard.
Remove chicken and debone.
Strain stock and taste for seasoning.
Add salt as necessary.
Chop remaining parsnip, turnip, onion, and carrots into bite-size chunks and drop into simmering stock.
Replace deboned chicken.
You can reserve some for another recipe, but I usually use all of it.
Add egg noodles.
Cook for an additional 10 minutes or until egg noodles are tender.
Add dill and parsley at the very end of the cooking process.