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    There is a recipe on the Bisquick box that is pretty good.
    
     Flo

I use the Bisquik dumpling recipe.  I also add spices to the mix before adding
the liquid.  Usually I add sage and thyme, for a chicken stew, but some curry
powder can be used for a curry flavored stew, or try chili powder dumplings over
chili.  The possibilities are endless.  And the Bisquick dumplings are sooo easy
to make (mix and spoon over the stew, cook, cover, coook more, eat).  And they
come out delicious!

    If you're in a real rush and don't have/or want to spend the prep time
    I use Pillsbury biscuits in the can and drop them on the top of either
    home made or Dinty Moore, cover and simmer for awhile.  (I look at the
    biscuits to determine when it's done.)
    
    It's not like mom used to make but I usually don't have that kind of 
    time.

    
    	I'd like to renew this discussion a bit - I use the bisquick
    	recipe, which is fine as far as I'm concerned, but my husband
    	says they're not `real' dumplings. Evidently his German grand-
    	mother makes dumplings that are very white, compact, and possibly
    	deep fried (?). Any ideas what these could be? I don't know
    	anything about German cooking...
    
    	Sherry
                              

Well, there are potato dumplings in German cooking.  They can be deep
fried or steamed/boiled (wierd in my opinion).  I'll try to remember
the recipe when I get home.  He could also be remembering spaetzel,
which I've never had fried, but which fits the "compact and white"
description.  Will try to get some of Gramma Nana's recipes in here
this weekend (yep...the real thing..a genuine German grandma).

    german dumplings are madealltogether different then here. They are
    called KNOEDEL. I could write a book on just knoedel.  They are
    a Bavarian dish. Knoedel to them is what the potatoes are to the
    irish, and rice to the orientals.  I'll get some recipes together
    and enter them under Knoedel.  Look for them in the near future
    

    
    	Diane - I've seen his mother make spaetzel (I'll use
    	your spelling cause I have no idea....) by putting the
    	mix through a pasta press into boiling water. It's very
    	interesting....thanks for helping...
    
    	Sherry
    

	I am looking for a spaetzel maker like my mom had (my sister-in-law
	now has it), it is a large type (like a sifter) with a handle in the 
	middle, that you crank.... any ideas?

	I have seen the small type that slide back and forth over a grate
	but would prefer the above type.



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    I've got one!
    
    I got it in the UK in the "Cook's Shop"... I've seen these Shops
    all over so I assume they are a chain.  It comes with three separate
    fittings for the bottom, fine, medium and course.
    
    good luck,
    gailann

I'd like to find one too....failing that, I have used my aluminum collander
with good results.  I put the dough in the collander bottom (not a mesh
collander, but one that has holes cut in a solid bowl or aluminum or plastic).
I force some of the dough through a few of the holes on the bottom, getting
a little spaetzel shape approx 1 inch long.  Slice off with a knife into
a pot of boiling (not too boiling - just a nice bubbling) water.  This
works best with a friend to help....and generally leads to lots of laughing
and what not...a few glasses of wine make this process absolutely hilarious.

In fact, we have so much fun making spaetzel, maybe I won't get an official
spaetzel maker....8^}

>>>    I've got one!
    
>>>    I got it in the UK in the "Cook's Shop"... I've seen these Shops
>>>    all over so I assume they are a chain.  It comes with three separate
>>>    fittings for the bottom, fine, medium and course.
    
>>>    good luck,
>>>    gailann

	-.1 thanks for the reply but I am in the U.S. (New Hampshire) can't
	justify a trip to the UK for a spaetzel maker....

anyone seen this type (below) in the US????

	I am looking for a spaetzel maker like my mom had (my sister-in-law
	now has it), it is a large type (like a sifter) with a handle in the 
	middle, that you crank.... any ideas?

	I have seen the small type that slide back and forth over a grate
	but would prefer the above type.

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    Two mail order places I know of:
    
    Vitantonio Manufacuring Co.
    34355 Vokes Drive
    Eastlake, OH 44095
    216-946-1661
    (Free Catalog pp. 19)
    
    Maid of Scandinavia
    4244 Raleigh Avenue
    Minneapolis, MN 55416
    1-800-328-6722
    (Catalog $1.00 pp 148)
                   

    We have a food mill device which seems to match the picture and
    description given. I does not have interchangable grates, however.
    
    dana

    I have seen both Spaetzle makers and food mills with interchangeable
    grates in one or 2 of the many cooking stores I go into. I can't say
    exactly which one, but if you really want to find one you can get the
    phone numbers and call to inquire. It could be; The Cook Inn in
    Shopper's World, Framingham MA. or The Kitchen Place in the Auburn
    Mall, Auburn, MA. Or Lechter's in the Greendale Mall, Worcester, MA.
    There is also a store in Auburn called The Gift Chalet (508-755-3028)
    that carries all kinds of Scandinavian things, try them.