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Julie Bove[_2_]

"Janet" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 12:45:31 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> > "Janet" > wrote in message
>> > t...
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>> >> Duh. You don't need any solids to hold up dumplings; they can swim.
>> >> You
>> >> could cook them in a pan of water and they'd float to the top and stay
>> >> there.
>> >
>> > No. They'll actually drop down some if there is too much liquid. They
>> > will
>> > then disperse in the liquid. Maybe your dumplings are different over
>> > there
>> > but ours are made on stew.
>>
>> The densities of flour and lard/shortening must be much higher there
>> on Planet Bove.
>>
> I doubt she's even made a dumpling. Just opens a can or packet.
>
> Janet UK

I have made the Betty Crocker recipe and others. I made them probably twice
a month when we lived in NY, especially in the winter. Made the stew in my
Crock Pot. Alas due to the size of the pot, it was unable to handle as many
dumplings as we'd really want. I don't make them now. Not sure I could
make them that I could eat. Or I could try to make them and they might not
come out. At any rate, I was the one who liked them the most so there seems
no point. Nobody is complaining at the lack of dumplings here.