On 5/12/2013 10:07 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 12 May 2013 00:15:05 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> I am getting the impression though that your drop dumplings are very
>>> soft and need to be dropped off a spoon yes? Ours are more like a
>>> softish dough and I make them into balls.
>>
>> Correct. The dough is so soft that it could almost be a batter. But not
>> quite that runny.
>
> Exactly!
>>>
>>> I've never seen or tasted a 'noodley' dumpling.
>>
>> Used to be able to buy dried ones. I made them into a casserole with
>> cheese, wine and vegetables. Have not seen them recently.
>>
> I wonder if that type of frozen product is an Eastern/Southern thing
> because I've never seen it in person, only the image of that package
> someone posted yesterday. Jill has often mentioned a certain brand of
> frozen precooked biscuit that I don't see in my markets either. We
> don't have a lot of "ain't giving up my roots" type Southerners here.
> You have to go to other parts of the Bay Area (and beyond) to find
> them.
>
I ain't "giving up my roots" LOL because biscuits were never part of
them to begin with. I do buy frozen biscuits. That's if I want the
cookie cutter type. Drop biscuits (or dumplings) have never really been
a problem. I don't actually make or eat a lot of biscuits.

Jill