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Sunday, June 14, 2009 08:00
Posted in Challenges, Daring Cooks, Food and Drink 30 comments
 I was quite happy to read that the new challenge for june for the Daring Cooks was Chinese Dumplings. The challenge was hosted by Jen from use real butter, who is a master in making these! I had made those once before during a chinese workshop although we did use the premade wonton wrappers to...
Posted in Challenges, Daring Cooks, Food and Drink
Tags: challenge, Daring Cooks, dumplings, recipe, Recipes
abby - June 14, 2009 - 11:04
i love that photo of you with dough all over your hands! great job though – like you this was my first time not using bought wrappers. [Reply] 
Audax Artifex - June 14, 2009 - 12:02
Wonderful pix of you and the sticky dough – no I think you overfried them at all I fried them to an inch of almost burned and when steamed tasted very very good they had a great deep taste as compared to the just steamed ones. O and deep fried works out great also. Yes the pleating/making of the dumplings does take some practice. Thanks for kind comments on my blog. [Reply] 
Lisa - June 14, 2009 - 15:51
Simone – your pleating looks amazing!!! I love the photo of you with the dough..you are one beautiful lady [Reply] 
Lori - June 14, 2009 - 16:27
Beautiful dumplings and nice pleating. You look like your having a ton of fun. [Reply] 
Claire - June 14, 2009 - 16:44
They look great! Looks like we had similar proplems with the dough and pleating! [Reply] 
Jenn - June 14, 2009 - 17:25
I love all the instructional tips you added! great job – your pleating looks a lot better than mine! [Reply] 
Singing Horse - June 14, 2009 - 19:12
I love your absolutely beautiful photos and dumplings! Congratulations! [Reply] 
lisaiscooking - June 14, 2009 - 20:27
Great job! They look delicious. I’d love to try this sometime–when I have plenty of time and patience! [Reply] 
Mary - June 14, 2009 - 22:14
Wasn’t this a great challenge? Your dumplings and photos are wonderful. Have a good day. [Reply] 
Coco Bean - June 15, 2009 - 01:44
Gizmo! You know I love seeing the pics of the cats eating your meal!I think your pleating came out wonderfully, I didn’t even do it…to lazy! I do think that you can deep fry them. Ian says that it is the same dough for perogies and I have deep fried those (so good!). The picture of you holding the dough is gorgous! [Reply] 
foodbin - June 15, 2009 - 04:21
the fillings should taste good-a thinner dough and better pleating will be perfect. [Reply] 
Nutmeg Nanny - June 15, 2009 - 04:31
You look so happy with all that dough over your hands:) Your pot stickers looks fantastic and looking at these pictures are making me really hungry:) [Reply] 
Esi - June 15, 2009 - 05:32
I think you did a fantastic job! It was definitely a process, but a fun one. [Reply] 
joey - June 15, 2009 - 07:10
Fantastic job with the dumplings! They look so appetizing and now you’ve got me craving for dimsum! [Reply] 
FoodJunkie - June 15, 2009 - 09:04
They look amazing, but too much effort involved! I like working as a team with the hubby, it is really funny sometimes. [Reply] 
Culinary Wannabe - June 15, 2009 - 12:21
Nice job! I love that Gizmo got in on some of the action! [Reply] 
Jamie - June 15, 2009 - 14:20
The photo of you is adorable! And both of your dumplings, the steamed and the fried, look perfect as well as delicious! I must make these again. They are pretty simple to do and the one Chinese dish I can offer my Chinese food loving son. [Reply] 
Valérie - June 15, 2009 - 16:08
(Appologies if my comments appears twice, I had a connection problem) Great job! I love the picture of the different pleats! I think we all had to deal with seeing our technique evolve… I personally liked the crunchier texture of the potstickers, but the steamed ones were also really good (and, as you pointed out, healthier). They’re both keepers! [Reply] 
Olga - June 15, 2009 - 18:23
Yours look great! My pleating wasn’t the best either, but it’s the taste that matters. Btw, LOVED your comment about “speaking Russian” in your cake photo class [Reply] 
rose - June 15, 2009 - 18:34
CUTE photos!!! Your potstickers look delicious! It’s nice to have help in the kitchen too =) I’m lucky that my guy loves cooking as much as I do! [Reply] 
Jen Yu - June 17, 2009 - 04:56
Oh, I just love the photos of your with the dough and Gizmo cleaning up the plate [Reply] 
Shirley - June 17, 2009 - 07:39
These look delicious. I have to recruit a helper next time too. All he did was eat them! [Reply] 
asti - June 18, 2009 - 07:20
Your photos never ceased to amaze me.. Great job on those dumplings =) [Reply]  Simone (junglefrog) Reply: Hi Asti. I never use a lightbox, but use a tripod if there is a lack of daylight or it’s rather dark. I’m not sure where you live but even without a lot of light you should still be able to use natural light and maybe a few reflectors to light up certain shadow areas. Do yo use a tripod or do you shoot handheld? If there is not a lot of light it really helps to keep the camera stable! I’ll have a look at your blog too…. [Reply]  asti Reply: yeah, that’s the problem, my house is lacking natural lights, when I try shooting at night, it always come out yellowish.. Even after I play around with the WB (perhaps it’s because of my hallogen light that tends to have a yellowish effect). I lost the head of my tripod (the thing that is suppose to be attached to the camera), and I haven’t had the budget to buy a new one.. I’m saving for a manfrotto. Perhaps I’m just gonna buy a cheap one for now, since it’s getting harder to find time to shoot during daylight as winter’s rolling in. Thanks for the tips =) [Reply] |
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