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TexasRaceLady
10/28/06, 07:18pm
The dumplings are like eating clouds.
I'm not going into the cooking and boning of the chicken. LOL
Just don't throw away the broth.
Dumplings can either be dropped into the boiling broth or rolled out and cut into strips. Your preference.
Ingredients needed for dumplings
1 1/2 sticks of margarine or butter --- your preference
2 cups of water
2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
Bring water, butter/margarine, and salt to a boil. Add the flour all at once. Stir and cook until mixture until it pulls away from the sides of the pan --- only a short time. Remove from heat and let cool for a short time --- 2 minutes, max. Add the eggs, one at a time, stirring well between each addition.
Then either drop into the boiling broth, or roll out and cut into strips. Don't overcook the dumplings. It takes only 1 or 2 minutes in the boiling broth to cook thoroughly.
Professur
10/28/06, 07:35pm
How much is a stick of butter?
highwayman
10/28/06, 07:39pm
How much is a stick of butter?
10 or 6 1/2 depends on the exchange rate..
TexasRaceLady
10/28/06, 11:43pm
How much is a stick of butter?
ROTFLMAO
Not sure how much up in your part of North America ---
But down here, it is 8 tablespoons. hehehe
Professur
10/29/06, 12:45am
:shrug: Here we buy butter by the pound, or margarine by the tub.
SouthernN'Proud
10/29/06, 01:08am
:shrug: Here we buy butter by the pound, or margarine by the tub.
Savages.
unclehobart
10/29/06, 08:45am
Their milk comes in plastic bags as well. Its like a whole 'nother country up there or something.
A stick of butter is 1/2 cup and 1/4 a pound.
TexasRaceLady
10/29/06, 10:38am
Prof, you can measure out the butter using a measuring cup and water.
The total weight of the butter is 6 oz. Put 6 oz of water in a 2 cup measuring cup --- Put butter into the water until it rises to 12 oz. You now have 6 oz of butter.
Professur
10/29/06, 10:56am
TRL ... that's completely wrong. You're confusing liquid ounces and weight.
I wonder if anyone else is aware that chicken and dumplings is a euphemism for sex? Of course, as a guy I can confidently state that just about everything is a euphemism for sex. :lloyd:
SouthernN'Proud
10/29/06, 11:33am
TRL ... that's completely wrong.
You, sir, are a braver man than I. She's got shootin irons and such.
(((hugs TRL)))
Anyone ever use flour tortillas cut into strips as a replacement for slick dumplings? I've done it before and while it wasn't the best I've ever had it was pretty damn good.
TexasRaceLady
10/29/06, 02:15pm
TRL ... that's completely wrong. You're confusing liquid ounces and weight.
I know --- but it's close enough for my purposes.
:D
BeardofPants
10/29/06, 03:22pm
Well, speaking of dumplings, the BF made the perfect gnocchi last night. The secrets were having really gnarly old dry potatoes, a little bit of polenta, and using whole meal organic flour instead of white. Yum!
TRL ... that's completely wrong. You're confusing liquid ounces and weight.
True but Tonks has said that a "stick of butter" is 1/2 cup so now you're good to go!
Their milk comes in plastic bags as well. Its like a whole 'nother country up there or something.
milk in plastic bags?
unclehobart
10/30/06, 07:52am
http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/milk3.jpg
It's actually cool. Everyone has a pitcher that they put it in in their fridges and the bag has a nozzle on the top for pouring. It's less waste and the milk is fresher as not a lot of air hits the milk. The down side is the container is smaller so you go through more and there is that whole clear packaging robs minerals arguement.
SouthernN'Proud
10/30/06, 09:08am
Not to mention the whole Milk In A Bag Is Stupid argument. :D
we have either pints (in glass bottles- tho' these are rarer these days) or cartons (1 or 2 pints) or plastic bottles from one pint to 4 mainly.
MrBishop
10/30/06, 02:44pm
:shrug: Here we buy butter by the pound, or margarine by the tub.
They have butter by the stick up here... :P
http://www.epasture.com/images/products/butterstick/butterstick.jpg See :)
MrBishop
10/30/06, 02:54pm
Yeah... it was supposed to be a joke, until I realized that this was a REAL product that you can really buy. :shrug:
*OnTopic - by stick, do you mean the large ones (3X3X6") or the smaller ones (2X2X6")?
I've never measuresd the diameter of my butter...a stick is 8 tbsps so use that to mentally gauge.
That stick butter of yours looks like a glue stick.
MrBishop
10/30/06, 04:51pm
I've never measuresd the diameter of my butter...a stick is 8 tbsps so use that to mentally gauge.
That stick butter of yours looks like a glue stick.
Yes...that was the joke.
The one's that we have up here look like this.
http://paintingchef.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/butter.JPG
It's actually cool. Everyone has a pitcher that they put it in in their fridges and the bag has a nozzle on the top for pouring. It's less waste and the milk is fresher as not a lot of air hits the milk. The down side is the container is smaller so you go through more and there is that whole clear packaging robs minerals arguement.
The bags have nozzles? I ain't never see that! We just cut the corner of the bag off with scissors and away to go!
A.B.Normal
10/30/06, 10:45pm
The bags have nozzles? I ain't never see that! We just cut the corner of the bag off with scissors and away to go!
When I was younger I remember the plastic bags of milk,but I have never bought it that way.I buy milk by the cardboard carton or plastic jug.
When I was younger I remember the plastic bags of milk,but I have never bought it that way.I buy milk by the cardboard carton or plastic jug.
We always buy milk by the bag
I swear Nat's had a nozzle...:confused:
I swear Nat's had a nozzle...:confused:
It may be some crazy Quebec thing...they have a lot of crazy things there.
They have butter by the stick up here... :P
http://www.epasture.com/images/products/butterstick/butterstick.jpg See :)
I would buy that product. Unwrapping a stick of butter just to slice off one pat for a biscuit is a waste of time. [/Mr. Efficient]
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