On Mon 21 Mar 2005 08:52:17a, limey wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message >
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> limey wrote
>> "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
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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".
>>>
>>> Dora
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>> 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.
>>
>> Wayne Boatwright
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> That's the only type my mother made and only for beef stew. She called
> them suet dumplings (guess what they had in them), yet they puffed up
> and were light as feather. I wish I had her recipe. But then, I
> wish I had a lot of them - I just wish she had recorded them.

I bet those were really good! I actually had suet dumplings at a now
defunct English restaurant in NYC years ago. They were delicious, but
probably not as good as your mother's homemade dumplings.

> Sadly, my mother-in-law was (truly) an atrocious cook. I dare not
> mention dumplings to my husband or he turns green.
> May she RIP.

Both my grandmothers were absolutely wonderful cooks. The only sad thing
there was that my dad's mother was a consumate bitch. I never wanted to go
there to visit, much less eat her food. I honestly don't care whether she
RIP or not. :-)

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Wayne Boatwright
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