On Fri 26 Sep 2008 02:12:41p, jmcquown told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Fri 26 Sep 2008 01:17:25p, George Shirley told us...
>>
>>> Becca wrote:
>>>> koko wrote:
>>>>> But most were nice and fluffy. http://i37.tinypic.com/2l8c1tg.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> A little grinding of some fresh black pepper and I'm ready for
>>>>> fall. http://i36.tinypic.com/12152fk.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Those are excellent looking dumplings, I give you an A+! My
>>>> husband is accustomed to dumplings that look like noodles. Those
>>>> are fine, but I told him, that is not how we do it in the south,
>>>> Darlin'!
>>>> Becca
>>> Only dumplings I've ever eaten in the South are flat dumplings. I
>>> assume that's what you're calling ones that look like noodles? DW
>>> grew up on Chesapeake Bay and her momma made them old drop
>>> dumplings. Some of those are good if made small enough I guess. YMMV
>>>
>>
>> Same here, George. We always had rolled dumplings. I have made both
>> and like both of well prepared, though I think rolled dumplings have
>> a slight edge.
>
>
> I grew up with great big huge fluffy drop dumplings! My grandmother put
> them in beef or lamb stew. The first time I encountered rolled dumplings
> was in chicken & dumplings, probably in SC the first time around, in
1972.
> I thought they were weird and doughy but I got used to them. I make drop
> dumplings but I make them very small so they do get kind of doughy
>
> Jill

I generally only make rolled dumplings when I make chicken and dumplings.
I roll them quite thin, and don't think the texture is doughy. Thicker
ones often are. I like drop dumplings on beef stew. Both my grandmothers
and mother made rolled dumplings, always for chicken and dumplings. I
don't recall either of my grandmothers ever making stew. My mother always
said if you have potatoes in stew, you don't need dumplings. :-) Her stew
never had dumplings.

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Wayne Boatwright

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