Sour Wild Chicken Soup

• 1 (wild) chicken, washed and gutted and cut into suitable pieces
• 1 stalk of lemon grass—wash it, cut off the leaves and crush the main stalk only

Put 1 large soupbowl (1¼ to 1½ pints) of water in a pot on the fire. Put in the knotted spring onions, the crushed stalk of lemon grass, and salt. When the water comes to the boil, add the