Dumpling Making

A: To make dumplings for both the parents and youth to enjoy. I also wanted to participate so that I can get a lot of practice in making dumplings on my own.

C: Throughout the activity, I had to communicate with the different stations of the different processes to make the dumplings. The adults would chop the dough at one table, and there would be youth rolling the dough into skin. Then, there would be other youth working to actually make the dumplings. I had to communicate to be able to successfully coordinate the different stations so that there wouldn't be a supply chain issue, especially because we were using different colored dough for different types of filling.

T: I didn't have to plan much, only about helping my mother prepare and make the food that we were bringing to the potluck, as it would be the other parents who would be bringing the dough, filling, and other supplies needed for dumpling-making. My plan was to go to the event, and re-learn how to make dumplings there from my friends.

I: There was not a lot of investigating to be done, since I believe that in-person learning is the best way to learn how to do something. But, I did do a lot of investigation about different techniques in making the dumpling-- folding both sides, folding one side, doing many folds, doing very few folds... the practice was very fun.

V: Not only was I able to learn and practice making dumplings, I was able to do so with my friends, being able to better connect to them as we joked around. There is many different techniques to making dumplings, and each family often had a different one, but it was also interesting to learn that some families even had the same technique, despite how we all originated from different regions of China.

E: Making dumplings is an art, and I felt very engaged about doing it. From the amount of filling you put in, to the amount of folds that you make to seal the filling in, to the way you fold the dumpling and shape it to look pretty. Sometimes, I had trouble folding skin if it was misshapen, but that was all part of the engagement too.

LO5: By being able to work together with all the parents and youth, we were able to make more dumplings than what we actually ate during the dinner. We even finished before the predicted time, showing how by working together, we were able to complete this task faster.