Speaker:JamesSpeaker:JamesDate:4/16Date:4/16

The breeder of Guo TieThe breeder of Guo Tie • Tzi Shi queen likes dumplings, iTzi Shi queen likes dumplings, i

f it isn’t hot she won’t eat it, sf it isn’t hot she won’t eat it, so the royal kitchen have to make o the royal kitchen have to make hot dumplings for the queen, thrhot dumplings for the queen, throw the cool dumplings away.ow the cool dumplings away.

I love to eat dumpling ！

The queen went the garden to see fThe queen went the garden to see flowers, and smell the aural from the lowers, and smell the aural from the foods in the out side of the palace wfoods in the out side of the palace wall, she was curious about it,all, she was curious about it, and weand went out from the palace, originally thnt out from the palace, originally there were some beadsman cooking a ere were some beadsman cooking a pot of foods. pot of foods.

beadsman

The queen picked one, the rind was The queen picked one, the rind was very shiny, looks like dumpling, but very shiny, looks like dumpling, but it isn’t complete, she taste one of iit isn’t complete, she taste one of it feel the rind crisply and the stuff int feel the rind crisply and the stuff inside succulency, she ask who made side succulency, she ask who made it? it?

The beadsman said murmurous,“TThe beadsman said murmurous,“This is the dumplings that royal kitchhis is the dumplings that royal kitchen throws out, because it wasn’t hen throws out, because it wasn’t hot the rind stick all together, when ot the rind stick all together, when we split it up the rind was wrap, it iswe split it up the rind was wrap, it isn’t easy to steam with water, so wn’t easy to steam with water, so we use oil to steam.” e use oil to steam.”

So Guo Tie was born in this moment.So Guo Tie was born in this moment.

The ingredient of Guo TieThe ingredient of Guo Tie

• BeefBeef

• Mushroom Mushroom

• Ginger Ginger

• ShrimpShrimp

• LeekLeek

• AlbumenAlbumen

• Cornmeal Cornmeal

The way to tell apart Guo TieThe way to tell apart Guo Tie• Jian JiaoJian Jiao→:→:• SmallSmall• The rind was all covered, to protect the sThe rind was all covered, to protect the s

tuff inside comes out.tuff inside comes out.• Can make it by steam, cook, decoct. Can make it by steam, cook, decoct.

• Guo TieGuo Tie→ → • Bigger and longer than Jian Jiao. Bigger and longer than Jian Jiao. • The rind wasn’t all covered, to make thThe rind wasn’t all covered, to make th

e stuff inside cooked quickly.e stuff inside cooked quickly.• Usually make by decoct.Usually make by decoct.

WarningWarning

• If the bottom of the rind wasn’t shiny, If the bottom of the rind wasn’t shiny,

and it was almost see through, and it was almost see through, sometimessometimes

there were some little bubbles. there were some little bubbles. RememberRemember

don’t eat it. don’t eat it.

Q&AQ&A

• Who likes to eat dumpling in the first paWho likes to eat dumpling in the first paragraph?ragraph?

• Ans: Ans: Tzi Shi queen Tzi Shi queen

• What is the different between Jian Jiao What is the different between Jian Jiao & Guo Tie?& Guo Tie?

• Ans:Ans:• Guo Tie is bigger…Guo Tie is bigger…

• When Tzi Shi queenWhen Tzi Shi queen went to the garden went to the garden who does she saw cooking Guo Tie?who does she saw cooking Guo Tie?

• Ans:Ans:•beadsmanbeadsman