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National Dumpling Day 2023: Date, History, Facts, Events

Try breakfast dumplings with sausage and eggs, steamed Chinese dumplings for lunch, pierogi for supper, and apple dumplings for dessert.

The second-best aspect of National Dumpling Day is that regardless of your ancestry, you likely have some form of dumpling in your family tree. The best part of National Dumpling Day is attempting new ones, eating old favorites, preparing your grandmother’s recipe, creating your own, or all of the above. Regardless of how you celebrate, September 26 may become your greatest day of the year.

National Dumpling Day began in 2015, so it is not the oldest of holidays, but it may be one of the finest.

The background of National Dumpling Day

Try breakfast dumplings with sausage and eggs, steamed Chinese dumplings for lunch, pierogi for supper, and apple dumplings for dessert. Or what about bacon, egg, and cheese dumplings for breakfast, matzo ball soup for lunch, chicken and dumplings for dinner, and maple syrup dumplings for dessert. What about… TMI Food Group is the founder of this day, and TMI’s mission is to spread happiness. Simply stated? “To make people happy.” Although they are most commonly associated with the Chinese, nearly every culture has small spheres of dough that can be fried, boiled, or baked.

Africans prepare banku and kenkey with steam. Indians use coconut and sugar to create ada and modak. Momos are served with tomatoes and chilies in Nepal. Archaeological evidence indicates that the Swiss baked dumplings from flour, cereal, and water over 5,600 years ago. Marcus Gavius Apicus was born, and he produced the first known Western text containing a dumpling recipe. According to Chinese legend, dumplings were first created during the period of the Three Kingdoms.

In the fourteenth century, Tuscany and Venice were the birthplaces of ravioli. This Disney comedy-western film set during the California Gold Rush starred Bill Bixby.

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NATIONAL DUMPTING DAY EVENTS

Obtain a cookbook.

Find a recipe for dumplings you’ve never heard of (Coxinhas? Clothes-pin dumplings? Maultaschen, perhaps?). Then, don an apron and discover something new.

Dine out for Chinese cuisine

Honor the founders of National Dumpling Day with a traditional Chinese meal. If you can fit a distinct one into each course, you earn a gold star.

Utilize social media

Take a picture of your creation (or your meal out) and share it on social media using the hashtag #NationalDumplingDay. Then, select the hashtag to see how other people are also celebrating.