Anonymous wrote:dumplings are popular and not hard to make some for both vegetarian and meat eaters. they just lack the looks or the wow factor. like mashed potatoes.

Dumplings have the wow factor! My college student made a big tray for friends this year. It was a hit!

The must have dish for every lunar new year celebration is a whole fish (at least in Chinese tradition). You could try to teach her that. It is not too complicated and always an impressive dish. Can do steamed, or braised. You can find some good recipes on wok of life.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom taught me her egg roll recipe which is better than any restaurant I have ever been to and they always get eaten so quickly at parties.

Same here. Usually I make around 300 and freeze since it's so much oil. Have you tried airfying? Does it work?

Any chance you all would share? Sounds amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:thx all guess i'll stick with lions head this year then. wanted something non-pork based coz i have good Muslim friends/co-worker so that's always in my mind when it comes to food.

Nyt has a recipe for it using tofu

great tip thx!

Anonymous wrote:thx all guess i'll stick with lions head this year then. wanted something non-pork based coz i have good Muslim friends/co-worker so that's always in my mind when it comes to food.

Nyt has a recipe for it using tofu

Depends on the country, each one has certain foods associated with holiday. If lions head is your specialty, teach her to make that.

Anonymous wrote:My mom taught me her egg roll recipe which is better than any restaurant I have ever been to and they always get eaten so quickly at parties.

Same here. Usually I make around 300 and freeze since it's so much oil. Have you tried airfying? Does it work?

My mom taught me her egg roll recipe which is better than any restaurant I have ever been to and they always get eaten so quickly at parties.

For me it is the memories of my mom and grandma making food. And then all of us enjoying it. Sometimes I helped, wasn't very good. Later on though I repeated that with my own DS. I was lucky enough with my mom that she wrote down some recipes in her own hand. I wish I had some of the complex ones from my grandmother.

For the new year, I think long noodles for longevity, dumplings, egg rolls, sticky rice cakes and sweet rice balls.

thx all guess i'll stick with lions head this year then. wanted something non-pork based coz i have good Muslim friends/co-worker so that's always in my mind when it comes to food.