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MaximumSam · « **Reply #532 on:** August 05, 2020, 08:38:50 AM »

Talking about China - does anyone make dumplings? I have some ground pork and figured I might make some, but I've never made them completely from scratch, as I think I'll try.

847badgerfan · « **Reply #533 on:** August 05, 2020, 11:25:08 AM »

I've not tried to make those. Once we get to Florida, my wife will be doing things like that.

She is the dough lady of the house. Not my thing.

betarhoalphadelta · « **Reply #534 on:** August 05, 2020, 12:02:49 PM »

Quote from: MaximumSam on August 05, 2020, 08:38:50 AM

Talking about China - does anyone make dumplings? I have some ground pork and figured I might make some, but I've never made them completely from scratch, as I think I'll try.

I have tried. I was trying to make xiao long bao, the Chinese "soup dumplings". They're freakin' delicious. They're made by using gelatinized stock which has been cooled solid, mixed with the ground pork (and/or other seasoning), and then packed into the dumplings.

When they're steamed the stock goes liquid again and turns into soup, and you have these amazing little pockets of goodness.

I tried to do the dough from scratch, which did NOT work. If I try it again, I'm just going to use store-bought dumpling wrappers. It'll also take a lot more practice on wrapping them, because the technique requires a lot of practice and I've had none.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAaAf_T-ygY

But if you're just trying to make standard dumplings, I'm sure it's a lot easier. I'm definitely planning on doing it maybe as we get into cooler months.

MaximumSam · « **Reply #535 on:** August 05, 2020, 12:10:18 PM »

The soup dumplings are what I'm going for, but the dough is the most intimidating part. We'll give it a shot and see how it turns out

utee94 · « **Reply #536 on:** August 05, 2020, 03:59:22 PM »

I've never attempted dumplings, if anyone has success, post it up here. I'd love to try it someday.

FearlessF · « **Reply #537 on:** August 05, 2020, 04:10:00 PM »

I'd rather just try the dumplings someone has cooked

FearlessF · « **Reply #538 on:** August 05, 2020, 04:10:43 PM »

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Most outdoor brick ovens costs thousands of dollars to buy or hundreds to make. But you can easily build a simple pizza oven with store bought bricks. A combination of small and large bricks creates a fairly sealed firebox and separate cooking area for cooking pizza directly on the brick.

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utee94 · « **Reply #539 on:** August 05, 2020, 04:25:59 PM »

Quote from: FearlessF on August 05, 2020, 04:10:00 PM

I'd rather just try the dumplings someone has cooked

I like cooking and attempting new things. In many cases, I've found I can produce a better product at home, than I can get at even the best or fanciest restaurants.

But sometimes I just can't. Pho is one of those things I just haven't been able to produce as well as the best pho restaurants I've been to. Eventually I just gave up and went back to my favorite restaurant. I suspect Chinese dumplings might end up that way for me, but you never know until you try!

FearlessF · « **Reply #540 on:** August 05, 2020, 04:29:55 PM »

working with dough has never been my strong point

MarqHusker · « **Reply #541 on:** August 05, 2020, 09:48:59 PM »

The spare ribs delivered. True to form it was a 3-2-.5 ride. I may have had a smidge too much rub on one portion of a side but they were sure tasty. Great cook. Glad I went vinegar route on my slaw too. I was out of pickled red onions and my wife stole the pickels for her girls getaway.

CWSooner · « **Reply #542 on:** August 06, 2020, 01:55:52 AM »

Quote from: FearlessF on August 05, 2020, 04:10:43 PM

How To Build An Outdoor Brick Pizza Oven For $50

Most outdoor brick ovens costs thousands of dollars to buy or hundreds to make. But you can easily build a simple pizza oven with store bought bricks. A combination of small and large bricks creates a fairly sealed firebox and separate cooking area for cooking pizza directly on the brick.

https://digestthis.news/how-to-build-an-outdoor-brick-pizza-oven-for-50/

It wasn't clear how to do the vent in the back.

utee94 · « **Reply #543 on:** August 06, 2020, 11:08:05 AM »

Yeah he kinda sped through that bit. It looks like he moved the deck piece forward to allow a gap at the back, but he also included some sort of chimney with the bricks at the back at an angled ascent, and how he did that isn't totally clear.

CWSooner · « **Reply #544 on:** August 06, 2020, 05:49:49 PM »

And that's the one part of the whole project that isn't perfectly clear just from looking at a frontal view.

The pizza sure looks good, though.

Would it be worthwhile to put some sort of front semi-door on it to hold the heat in better?

utee94 · « **Reply #545 on:** August 06, 2020, 06:38:33 PM »

Quote from: CWSooner on August 06, 2020, 05:49:49 PM

And that's the one part of the whole project that isn't perfectly clear just from looking at a frontal view.

The pizza sure looks good, though.

Would it be worthwhile to put some sort of front semi-door on it to hold the heat in better?

Most of those commercial brick-oven type pizza places feature ovens that are open at the front, but they also tend to be a lot bigger so you can push the pizzas in further to keep them away from the open front that is (presumably) cooler than the rest of the oven.

Still, his pizza seemed to cook pretty well as-is. Might just need to spin it a couple of times during the cook?

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