My friend Sue asked me for the recipe for my father's chicken soup. I realized that I have made some changes to my father's formula, (Mostly I don't add any chicken soup powder. My father used to add a bit to boost the flavor. I think the powder tastes like a tin can so I don't add any.) You start with a giant pot. This is a really big lobster pot. It's ten inches tall by 14 inches across. If you are better at math than I am, which you probably are, you can figure out the volume. What really matters is what goes into this pot. This year it was: ten pounds of chicken frames one large package of chicken necks- probably 2 lbs one turnip the size of a newborn baby's head ( a few small turnips will be fine) one celery root the size of a year old child's head- if you can't find celery root then you can use several celery stalks instead a bunch of parsley root with greens attached several parsnips four carrots two huge onions- unpeeled ...
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