Dumplings

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Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New York's Favorite Noodle Shop

Published 2020

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Back in china, dumplings were a family activity. You’d gather around during holidays, divvy up the tasks (Skins on one side, folding on the other, assembly-line style), and make batches and batches. We’d cook them up (saving a few for the freezer) and eat until we were bursting. The next day, we’d take out the frozen dumplings to turn into pot stickers or boil up for last-minute dinners (see Pot Stickers, or How to Boil Frozen Dumplings).

When we left China, we also left behind some of that magic. We didn’t have family members to share the work with, so we made dumplings less and less often. But when we moved to New York, we ran across another tradition: dollar dumplings.

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