Black Bird Pie

Ingredients:

Dough:

• 3 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 1 cup very warm water (almost hot)

BIRDS:

• 25 black birds
• water
• salt
• pepper
  

Directions:

1. Mix little biscuit dough. Knead 'til tough and dry - roll with rolling pin 'til very thin and cut into 2-inch strips.
2. Clean birds, rinse.
3. Cover birds with water. Cook until tender (at least 2 hours or 1 hour for chicken). Salt and pepper to taste.
4. When black birds are tender, keep broth at a rolling boil and drop in pastry - piece by piece, shaking pot constantly to keep pastry pieces separated.
5. When all is in pot, place cover on and let cook for approximately 10 minutes. Let set for about ten more minutes.