The living room/dining room at Ruby’s house.
Our excellent translator, Hao Zi Duan. She was much better at making dumplings than the rest of us.
Where the magic happens!
Mike Melanson gets schooled by Ruby's Uncle
Another of my classmates, Eva Romero.
That’s me!
Me, again!!
Eight of us accompanied our local guide, Ruby, to her home yesterday where her mother, father, and uncle prepared lunch for us. We had dumplings, which I love. Everyone joined in on the action and tried our hand at making dumplings. This is the second attempt for some of us (see earlier post on 'how to make dumplings') but that didn't seem to help. They were pretty pathetic-looking dumplings. Ruby's uncle is a cook at a local restaurant so, of course, the dumplings he made were fantastic. I really enjoyed the opportunity to get out of the city center and see how the real Chinese live. Both of Ruby's parents are workers at a fabric factory and live in an area appropriately named 'fabric city.' Everyone who lives there works at 1 of the 6 factories in the neighboring area. Her mother is a Quality Control Specialist and her father is a Machinist/Mechanic. They were lovely people and I am happy to have met them. They said we were the first foreign guests they have entertained. I hope we made a good impression.
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