The Opera Populaire

Yay today is the Dumpling Festival! My mom insisted on buying 16 dumplings, big and small. Wah can just imagine all 3 of us stuffed to our lungs with dumplings for e next few days. And I was assigned e task of carrying them yesterday. Believe me, 16 dumplings weigh like a ton when u had to stand waiting for ur mom to buy pancakes, which took like 30 min to cook, plus u can't put them on e grd becos it was very dirty. Plus, they cost like $3+ now when they cost only abt $1 here on normal days.

But on e whole, I do like dumplings. Love e part when u get to e egg yolk inside. Mmmm! Tend to not like e sweet dumplings that much, but I have to eat less salty stuff now so maybe I shd take a few bites.

I remember long ago, my paternal grandma used to make dumplings herself. She would sit on a stool and proceed to make them. Love this yellow rice-like thingie she always put inside, dunno wat it is. I wonder if she still makes them in the US now?

Think if I do marry next time & have kids, I shd like to make e trad of bringing them to watch dragon boat race and telling them e story of Qu Yuan. I recall that St. Nicks used to teach e students to make dumplings but they din do it anymore in my yr. Think it's good to inculcate such values to our kids. Happy Dumpling Festival, peeps!