Browse Exhibits (2 total)

Jiaozi 饺子

This exhibit traces the history and evolution of the Chinese dumpling jiaozi through time and space with emphasis on etymology, terminology, geographic and temporal origin, dough and filling ingredients, precise cooking methods, and ritual significance.

Chinese dumpling, Chinese New Year, dumpling, guotie, jiao zi, jiaozi, potsticker, shuijiao, zhengjiao, 餃子, 饺子

Shumai 烧卖

All you've ever wanted to know about shumai: terminology, history, and preparation. A staple in Dim Sum cuisine, Shumai (literally "to cook and to sell") is an open-topped steamed pork (sometimes with shrimp) dumpling that originated in tea houses along the Silk Road in Cantonese China and spread globally. Many provinces of China as well as nearby countries have developed regional variations of the original dumpling. This webpage covers in significant detail the name, meaning, etymology, history, origin, variations, ingredients, and recipe of shumai.

chinese, Chinese dumpling, dumpling, shao mai, shaomai, shu mai, shui mai, shui mei, siew mai, siomai, siu mai, sui mai