Food History: Dumplings
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2023
- Dumplings are a delicious staple that transcends borders, but how did these doughy delights rise to international fame?
Join host Justin Dodd as he unpacks regional adaptations, diverse fillings, and the traditional techniques of dumplings.
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I honestly just clicked on this video because I'm feeling anxious and Justin has a very comforting way about him.
2:46 2😂:47 😮 3:02
From the UK.
When I was a kid, around 50 years ago, occasionally we'd have stew and dumplings. The dumplings were "plain" (edit: i.e. unfilled), but a bit seasoned and were made with suet (either instead of, or alongside, plain wheat flour). They'd take the place of some of the far more expensive meat, even though stew was made of cheap cuts, usually of beef - if you were going to do it properly lol.
As a newlywed, I tried making that sort of dumpling quite a few times, but they always fell apart in the stew lol! What was particularly annoying was that I followed the recipes (I tried a few) for both parts of the meal rigidly. It did have the effect of giving us an extremely filling stew for dinner ☺️
Dumplings, and sweet puddings made with suet (again with or without plain flour), were (are? They're not so popular now) known as "rib-stickers", because it felt like they were sticking to your ribs - in other words, they are _very_ filling! A suet pudding with custard and/or golden syrup, is one of the most awesome comfort foods around, especially as they are most commonly eaten in the depth of winter. However, the number of calories in them is too high to admit to 🤣!
The dumplings in the dish 'chicken and dumplings' are unstuffed. They're just short strips of dough in a thick chicken soup.
No joke, I was cooking dumplings when this video was released
Now I'm hungry
What do you want to eat?
In South Africa we have one called a Sous Kluitjie. You basically boil lumps of dough with cinnamon, then serve it with cinnamon sugar. It's so freaking good😭
omg i want to try
Hunter/Gatherers (who were usually mostly gatherers) generally had a lot of time on their hands, and what do well-fed humans without much to do tend to do? They mess with things. Someone is going to think of grinding grain, maybe to try to make it more edible (old people, babies) and certainly 'to see what they could do'. Until we invented writing, and most particularly the printing press, humans had basically two things to do when they had time on their hands - various conversational/ritual/game/song/etc. - with their fellow humans, or messing with things, also usually with the assistance and kibitzing of their fellow humans.
This has left me craving golden syrup dumplings - one of my favourite desserts from my childhood, which I don't think I've eaten in at least 25 years...
The earliest mention of “manti” is in 14th century, during Mongol Empire period. There is no evidence anywhere to support the word appeared earlier. Meanwhile, “mantou” first recorded in 4th century in "Ode to boiled cakes", it is a steamed bun without any stuffings. Although “mantou” could be a burrowed word from a foreign language, its original form, a bun without any stuffing is more likely to be the original form when the word was borrowed. “Jiaozi”, a stuffed bun either boiled, baked or pan fried became popular and mentioned more frequently in 4th-5th century in China, is clearly the prototype of modern dumplings, and Astana Cemetery provides direct evidence of the half-moon shaped dumplings. By 11th century, during Song dynasty “jiaozi” can be found all over historical records, and has became a popular and affordable food. Anywhere else, manti, mantu, ravioli, piroshki, pelmeni, varenyky, pierogi, khinkali, was not mentioned in records until 14th century, after Mongol expansion.
you mentioned empanadas as possible dumplings and although i don't disagree i feel tamales fit the definition even better.
very underrated series.
You know what's a really good dumpling? Internet Historian's "Man in Cave." video.
Stew and dumplings, classic British dish, and an ultimate comfort food. Unstuffed, and made with a mix of flour and suet (vegetable suet for vegans having a veggie stew). I wonder if they were the first item actually referred to by the word "dumpling".
Where I live dumplings are unstuffed potato dumplings, usually served with sauerkraut and duck or pork.
Can we get a History of Ranch and Mayo, please?
In Irish "cuisine" if such exists (also found in Germany and the UK) Dumplings are dough balls, usually found (cooked) in stews...
Never heard anyone pronounce xlb the way it was here
Are shumai and gyoza dumplings? How about the Australian invention dim sim?
In China, shumai are not considered as dumplings, because we usually refer them to jiaozi or other foreign varieties like pierogis. As for gyoza, that can be seen as Japanese dumplings, which fits to the "foreign variety" tag.
Oh no I really want dumplings now.
Not a single word about Czech / Central European dumplings served with any type of cream sauce or goulash? C’mon!
Boiled bread products encompassing protien. Controversy? You have not had pelmenei the way a Russian who fled in the 80's taught me.
"If meat taste fine raw, is better cooked. If no, add salt."
He also showed me a deep rooted way to make borscht and beet salad. I incorporate this knowledge into everything I do.
If you are lucky, you will die before you taste the spirit of food that Ivan taught me.
Because wanting to live forever so you can try every possible soup and dumpling combo is...By definition impossible.
Why do the most interesting food videos always come out when I have no food in the house?!?! ☠
Can you do one on crumpets
I know it's impossible to cover all the different types of dumplings all over the world in one video like this, but I feel like the German /Swabian Maultaschen deserve a mention here! They're rectangular pasta dumplings a little larger than a credit card perhaps, traditionally filled with meat, onion, spinach and bread crumbs. Legend has it that they were conceived because during Lent it was forbidden for Catholics to eat meat, so they hid the meat inside the pasta so that God wouldn't see. This is why they're also sometimes called Herrgottsbescheißerle, "God-cheaters", though that translation really doesn't do this delightful term any justice.
Small pointer: "Pierogi" is already plural, no s needed. One Pierog, many Pierogi.
There's no such thing as a dumpling in Chinese. It's either a jiaozi, bao or shaomai. The historic legend is about the jiaozi.
There should be restrictions from letting UA-cam show food videos late at night.
10:15 I've heard these called kissing buns
Pls make swiss Fondue! :D
Did I miss matza balls?
If i made wheat porridge for you to eat three times a day everyday you would go crazy bored too! So making something different will keep the pallette happy.
xiao long (with a long /o/sound) bao (pronounced like bow)
this is giving me ptsd from a months-long twitter argument
How about a nice bowl of chicken soup with kreplach
There's something way closer to a dumpling in Germany than Spätzle (which I would conisder noodles): Klöße / Knödel
😋🤤🥰
5:00 off topic, but the vamping of the background music was so distracting I couldn't follow the words...
Man....the definition can't be both "boiling and steaming".... When it's pure dough, steamed buns are closer to plain baked bread instead of gnocchi/spatzle
Dim sum are the best.
Or sweet dumplings for that matter
i like German Spaetslr
"xiao long bao"
Empanyada? Really Justin? i thought you were more wordly and could pronounce Empanada correctly! But im more offended at the lack of mention of Georgian Khinkali, possibly one of the best dumplings in the world.
Dumplings are from Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵
Nice nails bro
You mean zhong zhong xina
Are tamales dumplings?
'Promo SM' 💐
Nomadic turkic tribes were first to cook dumplings. We have great variations in Turkey
No mention of gyoza...
Now that's criminal
Not a single word on Georgian Khinkali? Disappointed.