Questions tagged [dumplings]
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Why are my dumplings made of evil?
I made a fairly simple chicken-and-dumpling stew recipe; however, after one bite of dumpling, I have the most wretched aftertaste. The soup is fine; however, the dumplings taste totally nasty, kind of bitter and repulsive and a little like vomit (My…
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What is "dumpling soit"?
I am watching a Gordon Ramsey youtube video, he is cooking dumplings. At approximately the 6:04 mark of the video Gordon mentions "Next the dumpling essentail, soit". It looks to be a off white substance about the size of rice kernels, almost…
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What’s the sulfur in dumplings for?
When making Thuringian potato dumplings, an integral part in the process is the so-called “Schwefeln”:
Sulfur that comes on threads is burnt inside the closed pot of potatoes.
Native Thuringians, if asked what the sulfur was for, will reply that…
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Why does my dumpling /dimsum/momos turn dark brown while steaming?
We make dumplings by bun making machine. (bought from China.)
We add all purpose flour, xanthan gum and water to make the dough for dumpling.
We make 10 varieties of dumpling and filling varies as per the variety. After making the dumplings, we…
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Dumplings - What happened?
I made chicken and dumplings today and after 20 minutes I checked my dumplings and they were done but disgustingly soft. I let them cook for 10 more minutes and still soft (but I do think they were "done"). After another 25 mintues they were still…
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What type of devices, could increase dim sum output, short of a complete expensive, automatic machine?
I am getting irregular requests for dim sum catering and would like to increase my dim sum output, but am not yet ready to invest in something like this:
Dim Sum Maker Video
What other ways are there, to increase my fire rate?
I could probably save…
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Is there a substitute for Dzira (Georgian Caraway) in Khinkali?
I have been looking up Khinkali recipes online and from my research it would seem that authentic Georgian Khinkali make use of a spice called dzira. Since it is sometimes referred to as "Georgian Caraway" I am wondering if I can substitute regular…
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How to keep dumplings from quickly drying out
Last night, I assembled a few (around 2 dozen) dumplings from simple wrappers made from just flour and boiling water. I kept the wrappers under a wet towel because the edges started to dry out really quickly, but by the time I was done assembling…
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What makes dumplings ("knödel") mushy and sticky ("patzig")?
We just returned from a restaurant that served "dumplings" in a cheese sauce. This was an Italian restaurant. My wife didn't like them. They were the size of baby carrots, or baby meat wieners. She had expected the baseball sized ones. But the…
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