Making dumplings!

Did I ever mention that I really love dumplings here? Well, I do! They were some of the first things I liked when I came here....that and the tomato and egg dish. I finally learned how to make them this past weekend. Yep, mom, you'd be proud of me! I can cook something! haha. Four of my freshmen students came over Saturday evening and they taught me how to make dumplings. Well, I should say that 2 of the girls knew how to make dumplings the other 2 girls learned with me as well. It was a lot of fun. Making dumplings wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Side note: Dumplings are usually eaten during the Spring Festival (celebrates the Chinese New Year) and not so much the rest of the year. I'll have to try making them when I get back to the States.

Here's something funny: I would often tell them one of my favorite dishes is the tomato and egg dish (mainly because it was the first dish I could recognize when I got here...and it tasted really good). The 4 girls who came over Saturday asked me if I knew how to make the tomato and egg dish and I said "Of course!" (not really telling them that I only know because I happened to be channel surfing the Chinese channels one day and watched some Chinese chef making the dish...haha...he was talking in Chinese, but I could see him making it and figured it looked easy enough to do. haha...enough said). Let's just say I learned a few lessons today. Lesson #1: I learned that you should never make a Chinese dish for a Chinese person...I should have made some American meal for them, but I didn't have all the ingrediants for one. Lesson #2: Never cook a chinese dish for a Chinese person, you WILL get nervous when you realize what you are doing. Lesson #3: Always taste test your food before serving it. I won't elaborate on that one. Lesson #4: Never cook a native dish for the natives. Lesson #5: Don't forget lessons 1-4. haha. I eventually did learn how to make a good tomato and egg dish.