Chicken Souse
1 3 lb. whole chicken, cut up into golf ball size pieces (leave on the bone)
1 qt water
2 carrots sliced
1 stalk celery chopped
1 onion chopped
3 potatoes peeled
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 limes quartered
1-2 red goat pepppers (chili peppers) to taste
Salt and pepper
Place chicken in large pot cover with water. Add remaining ingredients . Heat to boiling, cover and reduce heat. SImmer one hour or until chicken is cooked. Quarter, and squeeze the limes into the pot. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Johnny Cake
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup corn meal
1 cup flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup milk
2 eggs beaten
Cream butter with sugar. Sift corn meal, flour, baking powder and salt together. Add 1/4 of the ingredients to the butter mixture. Add the rest alternately with the milk. When all is mixed, fold in eggs. Spoon buttered 9X9 inch baking pan. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes.
