[TriLUG] Not Linux: Anyone else feeling the pain?

[Rodney Radford]

>> You could call it a Chicken Dumpling but you would still be wrong. Great comfort food.
>Actually, Texas is below the mason dixon line and we call it Chicken Dumplings.

Actually there is a big difference between "Chicken <optional and> Dumplings" and "Chicken <optional and> Pastry".

They both start out with very similar ingredients, but the process differs in how the dough is prepared. With Pastry, it is rolled into a large, flat sheet, and then cut into strips and layered in the pot. Dumplings are larger blobs where you simply take a handful of dough and 'dump' it into the pot.  The result is that dumplings are typically much thicker.

Here are two pictures of the difference:


*** Dumplings: 
The author of the attached article refers to the dumplings as 'pillows of dough'.

http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=4892
http://www.roadfood.com/photos/9989.jpg


*** Pastry:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brennarella/760016452/

*** Slick:

As far as "Chicken Slick", I have always used Chicken Slick synonymous with Chicken Pastry... but if there is a difference, please let me know.


Btw, I had some great Chicken Slick, or, ummm... Chicken Pastry, over thanksgiving.. served with a large amount of black pepper...

Now while some may consider this off-topic - isn't the discussion of BBQ, pastry, editors, religion, etc much more fun that worrying about pains in the economy?