Mindy teaches you how to make dumplings!

Today is the chinese tranditional festival, that??s festival of lanterns. On this day, people will eat some dumplings to celebrate the festival. w*O9@M)x?N O
Today, Mindy will make the dumplings by myself, and invite you to share them with me. :)
4c%PiZqH Maybe you feel so surprise that why I spend so much time to do that job, as it seems too difficult for a girl to finish, also we can buy all kinds of dumplings in the supermarket. But I wanna tell you that the dumplings which made by yourself is different from the ones bought from the market. The ones in the supermarket are fast-frozen food, and all of them are made by the machine, they have the same size, weight, but as the machine is cold, it doesn??t know your taste, the best one who know you is yourself. So I prefer to making the dumplings by myself. :JC b6p[ vp

$o5Db,G,H Ok, stop these long and boring explanations, let??s begin to make the dumplings.
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there are some materials you needed before starting the work, they're flour,pork, shepherd's-purse, egg, salt and yellow wine.
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[color=Red]Pork [/color] also you can buy it from any supermarket, if you don't like pork, you can use other meat instead, eg. beef, shrimp, etc.
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Everything has been prepared, then we'll begin.
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bRT z)wPA4H7yTWX you should put the shepherd's-purse into the boiling water for 45-60seconds, do just like what you eat the hot-pot, but you needn't wait until the shepherd's-purse deeply cooked. when you see the leaves become fresh green, you can bring them out from the water, dry them and wait for the next use. o-hYhMj
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Cutting the semi-cooked shepherd's-purse into small pieces. please remeber, the smaller the better. i pTgK
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Chopping up the pork into small  granules.
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6z$Y&n0x#HJ (just now, i found there's no step 3 in this thread, i feel so surprised, as i remembered i wrote these steps one by one. where's the missing step??:o  ok, never mind, i've editted the post. hope you all enjoy my creation. :lol :lol )
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T6y/k9]"TNGA1I The last step to finish the stuffing.
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This is the finished stuffing. :lol  
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[color=Red]Step 5: [/color]
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Making the dumpling, the flour is the key material, without it, no dumplings. :lol  So, we'll begin the key steps. :$
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Putting the flour into one basin or any other cases you think can use and of couse it should be clean. :lol 0c v)aa^rOF2c
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Adding boiling water into the flour. Be care of the wet flour, as the water is very hot, don't let the wet four stick on your skin. ,g"TPR1Hu}pq
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Now every preperation is finished, we can make the dumpling.H:?t#`vo;g\

#a8khE6~5c First, you should bring a piece of paste from the big paste, and try your best to make it look like a cup:L a paster cup??:o :Q ( i'm sorry, i forget to take photos to explain this step:') ), you can see what i made. just like this. it seems i'm doing some artwork, not making dumplings, and in my hand, it's a famous artwork.;P
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if the paste in your hand becomes the paste cup, then you get the point. :victory: bFko:]j
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and then pinch this paste cup which filled with stuffing until the "cup" becomes a "ball", that's the finished dumpling. what's a great job, i done it. :lol :lol -^)w[$~ zTfb
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h!Qb;j1t[]+L You may know how to cook the noodle, right? Then cook the the above finished dumplings just like the noodles, and when you find all the dumplings are floating on the boiling water, you may get them out, and now let's taste our products. Don't forget, it can't buy from the supermarket, and in these dumplings, they're filled with the maker's feeling. So it tastes different. :$ :$ :)
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:P :P HOHO~I do not like eating dumplings

but thank you for your sharing:lol I2Q n2G)Y.CH
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actually, i also don't like dumplings, as it's not a good food for my stomach. 'w&u%Mi(Z9p6B,`
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and it's also the first time for me to make dumplings, it seemed i did a good job. ;P
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thanks for coming here and sharing my dumplings. :)
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Ps. which color of you today??:lol :lol

haha,it is so great, it is very detail. i like...

Reply #9 mindy's post

HOHO,pls forgive me I did not give the wish for lanterns to you yesterday~~~~:L :L
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Anyway happy very day  to you and thank you for your wishes
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but I think verything will be OK:)

[quote]Originally posted by [i]Qiseviolet[/i] at 2007-3-5 09:38:I'ifZV7S/\3_,te
haha,it is so great, it is very detail. i like... [/quote]
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!?q,Y"q{*Z qise, did you eat dumplings yesterday??:) :hug:
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i wish this thread can help you to know how to make dumplings. :lol :lol

Reply #11 TRAPNEST's post

never mind.:)
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what's the matter with you?:o

[quote]Originally posted by [i]mindy[/i] at 2007-3-5 12:48
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when i arrived here , the time is 9:25 p.m.
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i ate in the nightmarket with my bf.

Reply #14 Qiseviolet's post

back from guangzhou?:o  you mean now you're not in guangzhou, you're still at home???:o

[quote]Originally posted by [i]mindy[/i] at 2007-3-5 12:59
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another city of Guangdong.hehe;P

[quote]Originally posted by [i]mindy[/i] at 2007-3-4 20:48
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I didn't eat any dumpling yesterday. But now I feel happier as well. Thanks a lot.:P

[quote]Originally posted by [i]mindy[/i] at 2007-3-4 22:14
f*DuFFrB4w actually, i also don't like dumplings, as it's not a good food for my stomach. ,K A3lgZs3e

Xs0H9V EsL/Y+op and it's also the first time for me to make dumplings, it seemed i did a good job. ;P
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:o Oh my dear god, it's your first making? You did it very well.:victory:

[quote]Originally posted by [i]mazy[/i] at 2007-3-5 16:51
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I didn't eat any dumpling yesterday. But now I feel happier as well. Thanks a lot.:P [/quote]
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mazy, if you come to shanghai some day, i'll invite you to eat my dumplings:lol :lol

[quote]Originally posted by [i]mazy[/i] at 2007-3-5 16:54#d.s9Yb/YWb)t

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I made dumplings that night.#oKoot T%[t
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Thanks mindy, I think I know how to make it now:P

[quote]Originally posted by [i]TRAPNEST[/i] at 2007-3-5 12:29
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Reply #21 annyblank's post

insipid??:o
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did you add some salt in the stuffing??

Reply #21 annyblank's post

;P a lovely girl.....

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It became paste:L

[quote]Originally posted by [i]mazy[/i] at 2007-3-6 09:46
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[quote]Originally posted by [i]annyblank[/i] at 2007-3-6 22:57
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I know how to make dumpings, but your paste seems to thick and at last they seems to be not dumpings but "tang yuan".
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Reply #29 shirllytao's post

;P Well, mindy's dumping is the same of Tang Yuan in Chinese.
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