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What is a dumpling? (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This made for an interesting discussion at dinner lol. Lots of opinions on what is or isn’t a “dumpling” xD

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

a filling encased in pastry and cooked by poaching, steaming, frying, or baking

but, caveat: the filling can be more pastry

empanadas are dumplings
pierogis are dumplings matzo balls are dumplings
gyoza are dumplings
tortellini are dumplings

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

We talked about some of those things! Then we were debating if size had anything to do with it. For example, would a tamale or calzone be a dumpling?

Or if you went the other way, could something like spätzle be a dumpling?🤔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

spaetzl are absolutely dumplings, I almost included it in my explicit list

tamales yes, dumplings

calzone, no, because calzones aren't real, it's just a code word used to indicate businesses are mafia fronts

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I was actually just thinking "spätzle isn't a dumpling" when I was writing my comment.

EDIT: And unlike the commenter you're responding to, I wouldn't think of tortellini as a dumpling. Like, that's "filled pasta". Maybe the size is a factor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

But what about raviolis then? It seems like a dumpling but it’s also filled pasta. Gets blurry the more I think about it lol

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