Joel, Ken and I went for a walk in the snow. All but one person on our walk had cleared their sidewalk, I thought that was pretty decent!! It was crisp and we had to watch for slick spots, be definitely doable until the treadmill arrives. (still about a month due to high demand because of Covid!)
I lost track of time and then realized it was time for Family Zoom Dumpling Cooking day! We quickly started cooking the veggies I hadn't already prepped and got ready. The key is the TEN minutes of kneading the dough. I usually try to make things that don't require kneading and have never made anything that needed 10 minutes of kneading, but they turned out fantastically. (We had never made dumplings before.)
The event was organized by Cynthia (show here, the girlfriend to my nephew Christopher) and Lauren and Allie (nieces).
Most of the family was represented by someone (except Paul's family). Mary and Leslie were late because sweet Joey had to get his chin glued. :0(
(for my Dad....here is who was there: Steve, Mary, Christopher, Cynthia, Kate and her Chris, Mike, Cathy, Lauren, Allie and her Chris, Mary and Leslie, Emily, Erin and Kullen, Matthew Anna and I.)
Here we all are showing off our work. The chef's screen was large so we could follow her directions.
(dumplings are 1/2 cooking 1/2 art) don't mind the coffee machine on the table, we had to make a lot of room on our kitchen counter, but then for this part we needed to sit down!!)
Here we are chatting after the chef signed off (she is shown at the bottom).
Here is the before shot of Anna's work. (Anna, Matthew and I participated. You had to be committed because there was a fee and the others don't like to cook as much as Anna and Matthew. Carolyn was out with a friend and Joel had Christmas shopping to do. Ken watched the Hawks.)
After being steamed. These were as good as any I have had in a restaurant.
Very fun event and it was so nice to see everyone.
they look delicious!
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