Acadian Fricot is a stew with chicken, spuds, onions, summer savory, dumplings and whatever.

We were on a big fall woods trip. My buddy's wife sent along a large pot of Fricot. First supper, after a long day in the bush, we dug in.

She had boiled a whole chicken... the WHOLE chicken... you know how many bones there are in a chicken? tiny little bones?