Chicken Broth With Dumplings - onions

Method

• In a heavy soup kettle, bring 2 quarts cold water to a boil.
• Peel carrots.
• Put onions, celery, carrots, peppercorns, salt and bay leaves in boiling water.
• When it comes to a boil again, add chicken.
• Let simmer 2 hours.
• Strain through colander.
• Pick out carrots, cut into thin sticks and return to the broth.
• Cut soft parts from the giblets and, discarding all gristles, return to the broth.
• For dumplings: Sift flour and baking powder and salt.
• Mix 1/2 egg with milk and stir this into flour mmixture.
• Drop by scant teaspoons into rapidly boiling soup.
• Cover.
• These will be done in 5 or 10 minutes.
• Do not over cook.
• Serve at once.