"jmcquown" wrote in message
> limey wrote:
>> "limey" wrote in message >
>>
>> Wayne wrote:
>> . 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
>>>
>>> That's the only type my mother made and only for beef stew.
>>
>> Sorry - this comment is not clear. The *drop* dumplings were the
>> only kind my mother made, never the rolled ones (which, in turn, she
>> may have never heard of!).
>>
>> She called
>>> them suet dumplings (guess what they had in them), yet they puffed
>>> up and were light as feather.
>>> Dora
>
> My grandmother and mother and me! All put fluffy drop dumplings in beef
> stew. I'm pretty sure my grandmother used suet or lard; Mom uses
> vegetable
> shortening and so do I. Very nice.
>
> Jill

Jill, could you give me your recipe? I've lost mine as a result of a
couple of computer crashes/replacements. TIA

Dora