Homemade Chicken Soup

Sometime or another you must have had or even tried chicken soup. Actually, many individuals trust chicken soup to aids in treating illnesses like the flu. If ever a time you need to make it yourself, here's how to do so:

Ingredients:
½ chicken, about 2 1/2 pounds
2 ribs celery, chopped
1 pound pumpkin
2 large carrots, chopped
1 medium turnip, diced
1 small piece thyme
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium sweet pepper, chopped
1 small hot pepper
2 stalks escallion, crushed
1 clove garlic, minced
2 quarts water
1/2 pound sliced carrots
2 medium Irish potatoes, diced
1 cup pigeon peas
1 sachet chicken noodles

Directions:
1. Cut chicken into chunks and place in a large pot with water and pigeon peas to boil.
2. Whenever the water starts bubbling vigorously, add 2 chopped celery and the 2 chopped carrots.
3. Cover and simmer until the chicken and peas are half cooked.
4. Then, add pumpkin, Irish potatoes and turnip to the pot.
5. When the chicken is well tender add your packet of chicken noodle soup along with thyme, escallion, garlic, sweet pepper and hot pepper.
6. About for about 10 minutes and your soup is ready to serve.

Tips:
There is no need to use salt as the noodles will add that taste to the soup.
You may include dumplings if you prefer.
Do not allow the hot pepper to burst in the soup.