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Conference turris::cooks

Title:	How to Make them Goodies
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Created:	Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4127
Total number of notes:	31160

3260.0. "Southern Style Dumplings?" by SCAACT::RESENDE (Digital is not thriving on chaos.) Sat Oct 12 1991 22:36

    I'm looking for a recipe for southern style dumplings.  These are not
    the Bisquick-style "bready" dumplings.  They are pasty, more like thick
    noodles.  They contain no baking powder or other leavening.  They can
    be either white or yellow (from chicken stock perhaps?).  My wife's
    mother used to make them in chicken & dumplings; they went into the
    chicken/broth shortly before serving.  We don't have the recipe.
    
    Any other Southerners out there?
    
    Thanks,
    Steve

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3260.1		AUNTB::MONTGOMERY	D-D-D-Dittos!	`Sun Oct 13 1991 13:58`	19
	Why shore there's southerners in here. Here is how you make real dumplin's. Mix flour ( I use plain) with milk until you have a dough. Roll it out onto a floured board and knead it a little til its not sticky anymore, addin' more flour as seems necessary. Then roll pieces of it real thin and cut it into strips. Add to your nearly boilin' chicken and broth and proceed with the next batch. If you wanted to, you could add an egg to the flour mixture and have egg noodles. Not to long ago I was out of regular flour and tried that bisquik recipe....my SO took one look at it and said, "what the h*ll is that?" I can assure you that if ya'll try this you'll never do bisquik "dumplins" again. North Carolina PS the dumplin's turn yellow on account of how much fat is in the broth. If I take the time to de-grease, the my dumplin's are pretty white. Otherwise, they pick up the grease and that turns 'em kind of yellow.
3260.2	Cracker Meal	SALEM::POTUCEK	Waitin' for WINTER!	`Mon Oct 14 1991 09:12`	8
	Sounds to me that you are looking for "Cracker Meal Balls". These cracker meal "dumplings" about 1 to 1.5" round are hand-made with cracker meal and chicken broth (NOT defatted). My Grandmother, a Czechoslovakian, made these to go with Chicken Fricassee(?) and the gravy always turned out to be quite thick. Nabisco made the Cracker Meal. JMP
3260.3	Thanks! We'll try 'em soon!	SCAACT::RESENDE	Digital is not thriving on chaos.	`Mon Oct 14 1991 22:48`	21
	RE: .1 Thanks! Can't believe it's just flour and milk! My wife's mother made these all her life, but Pat never really paid much attention to how she did it. Now that she's no longer with us, we're craving some of those good ol' dumplings and just didn't know where to begin. We did make the Bisquick ones, and decided that if that was the only kind we could make, then we'd just live without chicken 'n dumplings. There's no comparison! BTW, my wife was born in a Charlotte hospital, and grew up in Monroe, NC. After graduating from Wake Forest, she lived in Charlotte for 15 years or so before she married me and galavanted off to points unknown! RE: .2 I think .1 had the ones we're looking for, because we're pretty sure Pat's mom used flour for them, not cracker meal. But thanks anyway! Steve
3260.4		AUNTB::MONTGOMERY	D-D-D-Dittos!	`Tue Oct 15 1991 15:21`	11
	WF Deacon greetings to your wife from here in Winston Salem! I see she grew up in John Boy and Billy country. Recently I screwed up enough courage to try making my dough in my food processor and it did just great. Saves a lot of time! If ya'll have any problems, just let me know. Helen Auntb::montgomery 367-4051
3260.5		IRONIC::BRINDISI	Twenty-three weeks to go!	`Wed Oct 16 1991 15:59`	8
	Muellers sells dumplings in a package (packaged and look like egg noodles) Anyway, they are pretty good. You add them to you broth when it is boiling and they expand and turn into dumplings. Unfortunately, I have yet to see them in these parts (MASS). My mom brings them up from FLA when she comes to visit. But still, nothing compares to the real thing that my grandmother used to make!! Chicken and dumplings has to be one of my favorite meals!!! They always taste better on the second day too!