Momma's Best No-Salt Chicken Soup: 

Large Soup Pot, 6 quarts or more 
Chicken; at least 3 or more pounds, any 
inexpensive parts ie. wings, backs, skeleton.(note: 
I accumulate chicken parts that my family isn't too 
fond of, in my freezer.) 
Water to cover chicken and fill to within one to 
two inches from the top of the pot. 
2 carrots, cleaned and sliced, 
3 stalks celery, cleaned and sliced, include 
tops with leaves. 
1 handfull dill weed (fresh is best), washed and 
chopped, 
2 turnips, peeled and sliced, 
2 parsnips, peeled and sliced, 
1 handfull of fresh parsley, washed and chopped, 
1 large yellow onion or 2 medium, peeled, halved 
and sliced, 
If you don't have the fresh veggies, you may 
substitute frozen or dehydrated ones in an 
emergency. 
 
Wash chicken well, removing any excess visible fat, 
put in pot. Fill pot with fresh water and set on 
stove to come to a boil. Meanwhile prepare the soup 
vegetables as directed above. Add the veggies, and 
let return to a boil. 
Reduce heat and let simmer far as many hours you 
can spare..2 minimum, the longer the better! 
Periodically give the soup a stir. 
At the end of desired cooking time, you have 
several options: 
1) Pour the soup through a strainer for clear 
soup. 

2) Either put chicken bits  back in the soup or 
reuse in another dish like chicken salad or chicken 
curry. 

3) Put the soup veggies in a blender to puree 
and add back to the soup for more nutrition and as 
a natural thickener. 

4) If you have the time, cool the soup, 
refrigerate overnight and skim the hardened fat off 
the top (much healthier). 

5) You can freeze portions of the soup in the 
freezer for stock or future soup at this time. 

6) For immediate use, add some fresh ground 
pepper to taste, (a little salt  if you must use 
it, but taste first) and serve with rice, noodles, 
motzo balls or dumplings 

7) Be prepared for the hugs and kisses 
Lovingly prepared in the kitchen of Momma 
Nightowl

Railbird's Meatballs
He sent me this recipe:
Meat
2-4 eggs 
bread crumbs 4C or other seasoned brand or soak hard Italian bread then just squeeze the water out 
grated parmisan,romano your choice 
oregano
garlic clove chopped or powder optional 
parsley, optional
mix by hand 
Roll using a little dab of oil so it don't stick to your fingers bake at 350 or so for about 10-15 min. (I think, it's been a long time since I helped Ma make meatballs) 
Bon appetite'

The Famous Neiman-Marcus Cookie Hoax..
Has a good cookie recipe though!!!!! 
Disclaimer: Folks.. this 
is just a story and not truth!!!
 The story..
   My daughter and I had just finished a salad 
at 
Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas and decided to have a 
small dessert. Because both of us are 
such cookie lovers, we decided to try the 
"Neiman-Marcus Cookie". 
  It was so excellent that I asked if they would 
give 
me the recipe and the waitress said with a small 
frown, "I'm afraid not. "Well, I said, would you 
let me buy the recipe?" With a cute smile, she said 
,"Yes." I asked how much, and she responded, "only 
two fifty, it's a great deal!" I said with 
approval, 
"just add it to my tab." 
  Thirty days later, I received my VISA 
statement 
from Neiman-Marcus and it was $285.00. I looked 
again 
and I remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two 
salads and about $20.00 for a scarf. As I glanced 
at 
the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie 
Recipe 
- $250.00." That's outrageous!!!!!! 
  I called Neiman's Accounting department. and 
told 
them the waitress said it was "two-fifty," which 
clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty 
Dollars" 
by any *POSSIBLE* interpretation of the phrase. 
Neiman-Marcus refused to budge. 
  They would not refund my money, because 
according 
to them, "What the waitress told you is not our 
problem. You have already seen the recipe 
we absolutely will not refund your money at this 
point."
I explained to her the criminal statutes which 
govern 
fraud in Texas, I threatened to refer them to the 
Better Business Bureau and the State's Attorney 
General for engaging in fraud. I was basically 
told, 
"Do what you want, we don't care, and we're not 
refunding your money." 
  I said, "Okay, you folks got my $250, and now 
I'm 
going to have $250.00 worth of fun." I told her 
that 
I was going to see to it that every cookie lover in 
the United States with an e-mail account has a 
$250.00 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus for free. 
She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I said, 
"Well, you should have thought of that before you 
ripped me off and refused to correct this error." 
  So here it is!!!!!!     Please, please, please 
(DON'T)pass it on to everyone you can possibly 
think 
of. I paid $250 Dollars for this recipe. (BOGUS)

The Recipe!!
  (Recipe may be halved): 
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. soda (club soda)
2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal**
24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice) 
  **Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a 
fine 
powder. Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs 
and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, 
salt, 
baking powder, and soda. Add choclate chips, 
Hershey 
Bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches 
apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 
degrees.   Makes 112 cookies.

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