CHICKEN GUMBO SOUP
Fry one chicken; remove the bones; chop fine; place in kettle, with two quarts of boiling water, three ears of corn, six tomatoes, sliced fine, twenty-four pods of okra; corn, tomatoes and okra to be fried a light brown in the gravy left from frying the chicken; then add to the kettle with water and chicken two tablespoonfuls of rice, pepper and salt; boil slowly one hour.
