On Mon 21 Mar 2005 08:31:17a, limey wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
>> NOTE: We do not use eggs in our rolled dumplings.
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>> I'll send along the drop dumpling recipe later.
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>> Stewed Chicken with Rolled Dumplings>
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> <recipe snipped>
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> Wayne Boatwright
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> This sounds similar to a dish very popular on the Eastern Shore of
> Maryland. The local name for them is "slippery dumplings".
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> Dora

Hi, Dora! Yes, I've heard them called that. My grandmother never really
called them anything but "dumplings", not even "rolled dumplings", as it
was the only type she made. I doubt she had ever heard of a drop dumpling.

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Wayne Boatwright
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