So we had a dumpling party. I almost want to let the pictures speak for themselves...
Snacks:
Assembling the ez-make dumpling assembler:
Going to town on some dumpling ingredients!:
Yeah, matt's "that guy". The mustached guy creepin in your picture, smilin from the corner. haha
Our hair is a swingin! Go dumplings GO!
I'm not really sure who JT is giving the L for Loser. But i'm sure they're crying about it D:
Sarah's pretty ferocious. Like lion. Certainly not the one crying about John!
First you put the dumpling wrapper in the machine. Then you flip it off.
Then you put filling on the dumpling.
Then you flip it off.
Even molasses can be a filling! These were awesome: molasses (grandma's, no less!), apples, and spinach. DEE LISH.
We also had two kinds of tofu. Cause we rule.
The green stuff is sauteed cabbage. Which smelled terrible while cooking, but tasted AMAZING with shrimps and garlic.
So you have your dumpling wrapper and filling, and you turn the crank, AND....
BOOM. You flip it off.
BOOM
BOOM. FRY IT.
BOOM FRIED.
BOOM EATEN.
BOOM DELICIOUS. Flip it off.
So many dumplings! JT is pointing to the top of the pile! it's ALL THE WAY UP THERE!!!!
Mer is getting into the nitty gritty, right before she bounced citing "school" as a reason ... psssht. shoulda been studying the fine art of dumpling making, that's where the money's at!
They're on a dumpling high!
The last dumpling maker. So brave. So diligent. So many dumplings!
There'd be more pictures of dumplings if we hadnt eaten them all immediately. BOOM.
I've been waiting for these pictures! It looks like it was a lot of fun and delicious! I just attended a lecture on the history of dumplings. They are over a thousand years old and were prepared as a new year's treat with families working as a team to get them all done. It looks like you were all a great team! (they did not say anything about the flipping off and I would like to know how that gesture enhances the flavor). (from Meredith and Ben's Mom)
ReplyDeleteIf someone is a lurker on this blog (long time first time) they must be so jazzed to see the faces behind the posts.
ReplyDeletewow it's true! we're missing a few contributors but this is a pretty thorough face-book of us.
ReplyDeletevanessa! thanks for doing a bang-up posting job. i don't have any other toys that make food, but let's plan another one of these things soon.
you guys should be brainstorming ideas for more toys that make food. just thinking out loud here: how about... a BIKE that makes a CROISSANT?
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