Jiaozi (dumpling)-making is a common activity when friends get together in China. No 6 Aunt provided the dough and filling, leaving the best part for this lot - rolling, stuffing and sealing the jiaozi before cooking them in boiling water. Well, eating them is okay too, though often results in being completely full and not wanting to look at another jiaozi for a month.
A few visitors, who didn't quite grasp the value of such a hands-on, practical learning activity, tried to send the kids packing, telling them that their jiaozi weren't shaped properly and they should leave it to the adults (i.e. the women), not offering to lift a hand themselves. The same men wanted to use my sticks (gathered during the week for a craft activity) to start the BBQ and after huffing with me for confiscating them, marched down the street to take some from a neighbour's winter store. This didn't go down well on the lane, and we'll have to spend the week patching things up. What dumplings!
A few visitors, who didn't quite grasp the value of such a hands-on, practical learning activity, tried to send the kids packing, telling them that their jiaozi weren't shaped properly and they should leave it to the adults (i.e. the women), not offering to lift a hand themselves. The same men wanted to use my sticks (gathered during the week for a craft activity) to start the BBQ and after huffing with me for confiscating them, marched down the street to take some from a neighbour's winter store. This didn't go down well on the lane, and we'll have to spend the week patching things up. What dumplings!
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