This made for an interesting discussion at dinner lol. Lots of opinions on what is or isn’t a “dumpling” xD

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    24 hours ago

    a filling encased in pastry and cooked by poaching, steaming, frying, or baking

    but, caveat: the filling can be more pastry

    empanadas are dumplings
    pierogis are dumplings matzo balls are dumplings
    gyoza are dumplings
    tortellini are dumplings

    • DearMoogle@lemmy.todayOP
      3·
      24 hours ago

      We talked about some of those things! Then we were debating if size had anything to do with it. For example, would a tamale or calzone be a dumpling?

      Or if you went the other way, could something like spätzle be a dumpling?🤔

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        23 hours ago

        spaetzl are absolutely dumplings, I almost included it in my explicit list

        tamales yes, dumplings

        calzone, no, because calzones aren’t real, it’s just a code word used to indicate businesses are mafia fronts

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        23 hours ago

        Yeah, I was actually just thinking “spätzle isn’t a dumpling” when I was writing my comment.

        EDIT: And unlike the commenter you’re responding to, I wouldn’t think of tortellini as a dumpling. Like, that’s “filled pasta”. Maybe the size is a factor.

        • DearMoogle@lemmy.todayOP
          1·
          23 hours ago

          But what about raviolis then? It seems like a dumpling but it’s also filled pasta. Gets blurry the more I think about it lol