limey wrote:
> "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

Recipe for the stew or the dumplings? Drop dumplings are drop-dead easy

Drop Dumplings

1-1/2 c. all purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
3 Tbs. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. milk or buttermilk

Blend dry ingredients together. Cut shortening into the mixture until it
resembles fine crumbs. Stir in milk until mixture is moist. Drop from
teaspoons onto bubbling broth (soup, or stew). Simmer 10 minutes; cover
stew and simmer 10 minutes more.

Jill