"The history of jiaozi dates back to ancient times. But the custom of making jiaozi a special dish during the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, started in the Ming Dynasty, some 500 to 600 years ago. The reason is simple. The appearance of jiaozi looks like the V-shape £ some say half-moon shaped £ gold or silver ingot used as money in ancient China. As the Spring Festival marks the start of a new year, people choose to eat jiaozi to connote their wishes for good fortune in the new year. Although time has changed, the tradition has remained. But today, jiaozi is considered more as a sign of blessing than of fortune."
my landlord, J, invited us over to her place to make jiaozi. it was so fun and yummy!
we began with preparing the filling. J had already prepared the flour for the wrappers. we had two types of filling: 1. pork and celery and 2. pork, shrimp, and a green that i dont know the name of in english.
next, we rolled out the flour to create the wrappers.
then, we stuffed them!
finally, after they were boiled we enjoyed them over great conversations!
i wish i could say that i can repeat the process to teach you all at home, but alas, that is only wishful thinking!
4 comments:
Hey, those look like potstickers! Am I right? Would that be the english translation? And what's the phonetic spelling of "Jiaozi"?
Looks like lots of hard and tedious work! It's a good thing that you can do that type of thing with several friends- makes the time more fun!
lisa, yeah potstickers would be the correct translation. jiaozi is actually two characters "jiao zi" and pronounced almost like it is spelled. "zi" just sounds like the "z" sound and i dont think there is a better way to write the phonetic spelling of jiao. :)
Wow!! I'm so proud of you....cooking and all!!! You will need to practice on us when you come home!
janis
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