#schmaltz

Spanish Love Songs + guns/shootings

Back years ago, when I still ate chicken-n-dumplings on a regular basis because we had no money (yes, it's delicious, but it was also a necessity to fill household bellies), I had used the last of a Thanksgiving turkey to make stock but had not made soup immediately.

I refrigerated the stock, which gelled beautifully, thank you, and was going to make Turkey n'Dumplins for dinner, much to the happiness of my household, when I realized I had no butter or shortening in the house.

Well, hell... How to make dumplins?

The stock had a layer of hardened fat on it, a good half inch thick, so I peeled it off and figured, "Why not?" and used that instead of another sort of fat.

As people who have done this know, it is delicious. In fact, if you're gonna make poultry n'dumplins of any sort, I highly recommend it.

I was talking to a friend about it, excited about how tasty it was, when she laughed a little and said, "What, you think you invented schmaltz?"

I'm a goy, so I had not heard of using schmaltz in cooking or even what it was.

Since that time, I make more of an effort to save rendered fat for other dishes when cooking.

Their first morning as husband and wife, Han decides to surprise Leia with a thoughtful gesture, only to find it a lot more surprising than he planned.