Chicken Soup (grandma's recipe)

5-6 lb whole chicken, fresh
5-7 carrots, large, chopped
5-7 celery stalks, large, chopped
2 onions, coursely chopped
a boullion cube of chicken
dill, fresh, finely chopped
1 bay leaf

make sure to remove the giblets from 
the chicken. put whole chicken in large 
stock pot. cover chicken with water and 
bring to a boil and then simmer for three 
quarters of an hour.

add celery, carrots, onions and boullion. 
add dill, salt and pepper to taste (my 
preference is for extensive ammounts of dill). 
add bay leaf. cook for another three quarters 
of an hour.

remove from heat. remove chicken from stock 
pot and remove meat from bones. return meat 
to the broth and serve over rice or noodles.

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