"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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

Thanks, Jill. Comfort food.

Dora