Day 39: Making Dumplings

Having dined on a feast of dumplings (jiăozi,饺子) a few days before, today we were offered the opportunity to learn how to make them! Stephen and Echo were our teachers (and we had a few other Chinese friends who assisted as well). Eighteen of us squeezed into the Guesthouse kitchen to watch and assist. It was quite a task –- the spring onions and other filling ingredients have to be chopped up finely, and dough is pulled and rolled into casings, and it is all brought together and folded to produce dumplings. These are then cooked by boiling, steaming or frying. The afternoon was whiled away at these tasks, but the end result was delicious! Yum!!