MONDAY MUSINGS: It is all buddy Kaye's fault due to her posting an 8 year old pic on FB of some Chinese dumplings we had made together during one of my visits home. You see, it is a Chinese birthday tradition to eat these dumplings, filled with meat/fish/vegetables.
I view my wealth in the friends that I have been able to reunite with on this move back home. We try to meet up ever so often when schedules permit.
Four elementary school friends with whom we used to attend each other's birthday parties as kids sat around my dining room table making these schwei (water) jyau (dumplings). Let the tutorial begin.
the dumpling so that it will stay sealed during the boiling process.
A quick tutorial in folding had the group using their forefingers to dip in a glass of water to wet the outer perimeter of the circle, placing the contents in its center.
Next, the circle is folded into a half moon shape, pinching the center sides together.
Each end is then pinched in to create a triangle, creating a fold or two.
When the water reaches a boil, the schwei jyau are added and after the 2nd boil, more water is added and repeated after a third boil. The dumplings are removed after the third boil from the pot with a slotted ladle.
The schwei jyau are dipped in sauces. I had made two, a soy sauce-based one and a peanut sauce. For accompaniments were scallion pancakes and bok choy served with white rice. That large rice cooker had not been used in forever!
Kaye even had one for Balto. He did get up to eat it.
Sated? You bet, not only with food but in the wealth of the memories of younger birthdays of celebrating together...
But you know me, every birthday is special, and Birthday week/ month has just begun!
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