Dumplings

A friend visiting Hungary recently wrote to me that he had always thought that dumplings were used to repel the Turks in the Battle of Buda, but after sampling them he was sure that even a fool would not have thrown such admirable food.

There is such a vast selection of dumpling recipes that I had a difficult time to limit them to so few. The Hungarian housewife uses dumplings for many occasions: as luncheon dishes, as desserts, as part of a dinner, even as a snack. And of course some are used as soup garnishes, as you have already seen. Some of these are not true dumplings, but only a fusty statistician would object to grouping them together.