Talk:Dumpling: Difference between revisions

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imported>Howard C. Berkowitz
(Workgroup for culinary matters?)
imported>Daniel Mietchen
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:Yes, at least to a cook, all boiled pasta meet the culinary definition of dumpling. I recognize that, say, spaghetti  might not seem a dumpling, but it really does meet the characteristics of one dumpling type: relatively bland absorber of the cooking liquid or sauce [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 14:57, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
:Yes, at least to a cook, all boiled pasta meet the culinary definition of dumpling. I recognize that, say, spaghetti  might not seem a dumpling, but it really does meet the characteristics of one dumpling type: relatively bland absorber of the cooking liquid or sauce [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 14:57, 9 December 2008 (UTC)


::Hey, did we ever decide on a workgroup for food and recipes? As I understand, food science is gone. I'd do subpages if I knew the group to use. As it is, I'll probably do a free-standing related articles subpage.
::Hey, did we ever decide on a workgroup for food and recipes? As I understand, [[CZ:Food Science Workgroup|food science]] is gone. I'd do subpages if I knew the group to use. As it is, I'll probably do a free-standing related articles subpage.

Revision as of 10:18, 9 December 2008

Definition please

The article should start with a simple, pithy definition. Do all boiled pasta count as dumplings? That's not how I learned to use the word "dumpling." --Larry Sanger 14:50, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Pithy? "I luff you, my sveet little dumpling?"
Yes, at least to a cook, all boiled pasta meet the culinary definition of dumpling. I recognize that, say, spaghetti might not seem a dumpling, but it really does meet the characteristics of one dumpling type: relatively bland absorber of the cooking liquid or sauce Howard C. Berkowitz 14:57, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey, did we ever decide on a workgroup for food and recipes? As I understand, food science is gone. I'd do subpages if I knew the group to use. As it is, I'll probably do a free-standing related articles subpage.