Chicken Purlough (pronounced perlow)

Kill and dress one whole chicken.

Place in water to cover, simmer for several hours until tender. (replace water as necessary)

Remove from fire and cool.

Remove bones, fat and skin from chicken and feed to yard critters.

Use remaining broth to cook rice. Add salt, pepper and other spices to taste.

Add boned chicken when rice is partially done. You might add paprika or small red peppers to add not only taste but color.

This is a recipe handed down for many generations as almost everyone was able to maintain chickens as a farmyard food supplement. They provided eggs AND meat.
Rice was also plentiful in the south as a staple food.