1 large onion, chopped
2 tablespoons bacon drippings
1 frying chicken (about 2 1/2 pounds)
salt and pepper
3 cups water
5 tomatoes, peeled and quartered
1/2 cup sherry
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 pound fresh lima beans
1/2 cup okra
3 ears green corn
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup bread crumbs
In your Dutch oven, brown the onion in the bacon grease. Then add the
chicken which as been cut in serving pieces and seasoned with salt and
pepper. When chicken is brown, pour off the excess grease. Add the water,
tomatoes, sherry, and Worcestershire sauce. Cook slowly over low flame for
1/2 hour, then add the lima beans, okra, and corn cut from the cob. Let
simmer 1 hour. Then add the butter and bread crumbs and cook 1/2 hour
longer.
Serves 4 to 6.