Another Comfort Food Yum

I have to say I was amazed and astonished today. Like... really. But I'll get to that, lol. For now, for those of you who remember... I found a baby in the Rosca de Reyes on 3 Kings Day. You can click Here to read about it, if you like. 

But what this meant was that I had to bring food to work today. I decided on something nice and traditional, comfort food and all that. You know, share American culture. So I made Chicken and Dumplings. That's a picture at the top, of the finished product. Here's one of just adding the dumplings before cooking it more.

Yes, usually this is made on the stove in a Dutch oven or something. But since I had to feed a bunch of people, I got these aluminum pans and did it in the oven. Don't ask for the recipe because I only have a vague notion of what I did, lol. Maybe tomorrow I'll give it a stab though, if anyone really wants to know. Most people probably have their own recipe as it is.

But here's the shocking thing. Like, I thought at first they were joking. But two American teachers had no idea what dumplings were. Well, one of them kept referring to the ones at Chinese restaurants and Korean food. The other - nothing. I kept saying "chicken and dumplings" and they had no clue. How is that possible? This is pretty classic American comfort food. I just... yeah.

Anyway, the stuff was a hit, thank goodness, since I'd never really made it before, lol. There's some left over (I made two huge pans of it), so I guess I'm also going to find out how it freezes...

So yeah, tomorrow I'll do what I can by way of a recipe. Any other comfort food lovers out there?

:)