What do dumplings look like around the world?- Miranda Brown

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  • Опубликовано: 20 июн 2022
  • Trace the diverse and delicious history of dumplings, from their first recorded origins to their spread across the Asian continent and beyond.
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    As archaeologists pored over ancient tombs in western China, they discovered some surprisingly well-preserved and familiar relics. Though hardened over 1,000 years, there sat little crescent-shaped dumplings. So who invented these plump pockets of perfection, and how did they spread across the world? Miranda Brown traces the tangled, mysterious historical web of dumplings.
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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  Год назад +76

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    • @Neyobe
      @Neyobe 6 месяцев назад

  • @tinagoli5375
    @tinagoli5375 Год назад +4065

    isn’t it fascinating how almost EVERY culture has a different variation of one food?

    • @manishgrg639
      @manishgrg639 Год назад +62

      because everybody copied it from china

    • @worcestershirey
      @worcestershirey Год назад +363

      @@manishgrg639 There is very very little, in fact nothing at all, suggesting things like ravioli and gnocchi stemmed from the Chinese method of dumpling preparation. Both of those can be considered a type of dumpling.
      It's almost as if you didn't even bother watching the video.

    • @AviChetriArtwork
      @AviChetriArtwork Год назад +17

      @@manishgrg639 Yeah, like us Nepalis.

    • @Dawid2235h
      @Dawid2235h Год назад +118

      @@manishgrg639 it’s simple food people tend to have same ideas

    • @stevengreen9536
      @stevengreen9536 Год назад +13

      @Tina Goli Cultural contact spread many ideas around the world. Some either introduced something new or influenced what was already there.

  • @aell.e
    @aell.e Год назад +569

    TED-Ed speakers always put the most effort in pronouncing foreign names and words properly, I really like the attention to detail!

    • @smitpatel1461
      @smitpatel1461 Год назад +23

      And their voice is so calming

    • @hata3128
      @hata3128 8 месяцев назад +7

      I was about to say that! Their Chinese pronunciation sounds so nice and proper.

    • @dirtyyy7668
      @dirtyyy7668 8 месяцев назад +4

      Well, her Slavic pronunciation was quite off, especially pierogi which she said in a very typical American way

    • @sussynar
      @sussynar Месяц назад +2

      Yeah, her Chinese pronounciation was perfect. She really butchered Turkish tho with the manti

    • @xXbubbelXx
      @xXbubbelXx 2 дня назад +1

      And "Knödel" sounded more like canoodle. But that just shows how unrealistic it is to expect somebody to always know the "correct" way to pronounce something and never adapt it to a language.

  • @cmdrtianyilin8107
    @cmdrtianyilin8107 Год назад +1762

    Those animations are absolute works of art. Thanks, TED-Ed for making learning more fun.

  • @sushicartman01
    @sushicartman01 Год назад +824

    The animation of people cooking and eating was just so wholesome and joyful. Once again, kudos to the animators!

  • @ozeppeo
    @ozeppeo Год назад +1352

    Really don't care who invented them, I just loooooove that there are so many good variations of dumplings all around the world. Yum yum yum 😋

    • @manishgrg639
      @manishgrg639 Год назад +19

      it matters who invented them, by that logic I can also claim I discovered american continent first

    • @peterschmidts8245
      @peterschmidts8245 Год назад +23

      Your claim doesn’t change reality. And even facts might not matter.

    • @3MB3Rx134
      @3MB3Rx134 Год назад +4

      Pot stickers are my favorite! 🤍

    • @kanyebreast6072
      @kanyebreast6072 Год назад +31

      @@manishgrg639 Well that's pathetic. Why not just enjoy the food together instead of forcing everyone to know you discovered it?? No one cares! The only thing people care about is eating the damn things!

    • @BOZ_11
      @BOZ_11 Год назад +3

      @@manishgrg639 yeah, but America doesn't disappear if everyone forgets Vespucci in some mass society-wide amnesia. Just like my steamed dumplings

  • @jeffinjacobsunny4843
    @jeffinjacobsunny4843 Год назад +531

    It's mind blowing how much varieties of dumplings there are. in southern India(specifically kerala), the dumplings (Called kozhukkatta by locals) is often filled with jaggery and grated coconut and is eaten as a snack, it's really good

    • @sanatonchandradey8646
      @sanatonchandradey8646 Год назад +18

      Bengal has the same thing and it's usually sweet though can be savoury. It is a kind of pitha. Its name varies even within Bangladesh. My family calls them Bokful

    • @sanatonchandradey8646
      @sanatonchandradey8646 Год назад +4

      @sh_ here pitha is kind of a sweet food and has so many shapes and sizes that it can't be defined.😅

    • @tousifjaman3070
      @tousifjaman3070 Год назад +1

      @@sanatonchandradey8646 I am from Bengal but I say in South India. The South Indian version is similar to ours but here they often mix sooji (rava) in the sweet part.

    • @_srobona
      @_srobona Год назад +1

      @@sanatonchandradey8646 exactly! In Bangla, the word "pitha" encompasses so many different foods.

    • @abcxyz-
      @abcxyz- Год назад +2

      In uttar Pradesh we have 'fare' or bhakose which are also sort of dumplings

  • @yelloe_birb
    @yelloe_birb Год назад +288

    This was a pleasant surprise because I loved the previous “a brief history of (cheese)” videos, and I’m a Chinese person who also loves dumplings!

  • @aishaarenova
    @aishaarenova Год назад +67

    In Kazakhstan manti/manty are very popular and they are served on many occasions. Every family probably has its own recipe of the filling inside manti. Most popular fillings are meat (lamb, beef, even horse meat) with dill, chopped onions or garlic chives and also vegetarian options that kids like the most with potatoes or pumpkin inside.
    It is so fascinating to me how this ancient dish is enjoyed all around the world with unique recipes and variations!

    • @kovy6447
      @kovy6447 4 месяца назад +1

      Manti are popular in Russia too!

    • @skateibednetskateibednet3616
      @skateibednetskateibednet3616 3 месяца назад

      ​@@kovy6447 most of Russians don't know manty. But other Russians who live near border with Kazakhstan (or Turkish autonomies) really know and love manty.

    • @jie-yingphua7028
      @jie-yingphua7028 Месяц назад +1

      Pumpkin dumplings sound delicious!!!

  • @huseyinbelet8315
    @huseyinbelet8315 Год назад +13

    I am Turkish and my favorite food is mantı ,I'm so happy to hear about mantı here

  • @juiii9022
    @juiii9022 Год назад +50

    Love that you included central Asians as well in the beginning. We afghans call it mantu and it’s so amazing to see that we got recognition even if it wasn’t specifically ☺️

  • @moonchild3172
    @moonchild3172 Год назад +466

    Our country Nepal has Momo (dumpling), it was made by Newari community in 15 century and later when the princess of Nepal was married off to a Tibeaten King, the dish also got distributed among many east asian countries. It's the most eaten food here nowadays😁

    • @ishpdl
      @ishpdl Год назад +4

      Yupp

    • @khyateeatolia9904
      @khyateeatolia9904 Год назад +27

      Indeed!!! Nepali "momos" are simply scrumptious.

    • @khukurirumdum4233
      @khukurirumdum4233 Год назад +51

      i think it is the other way around my brother, if we follow the video, its more likely that newari people who were craftsmen and traders back then brought the recipe to nepal from tibet

    • @twicepilled
      @twicepilled Год назад +7

      nepali check 🙋‍♂️

    • @AviChetriArtwork
      @AviChetriArtwork Год назад +13

      @@khyateeatolia9904 similar to Poland's Pierogi, we do not use an s for plural momo

  • @jiv_373
    @jiv_373 Год назад +120

    i had gyozas yesterday and wow am i so amazed!! it’s so cool to learn about food history and how it spreads or comes to other countries either through conquering or nomads. great video!!

    • @atsukorichards1675
      @atsukorichards1675 Год назад +2

      Gyoza can be pan-fried as they say here, or steamed, boiled and deep-fried, too.

  • @stefannikola
    @stefannikola Год назад +76

    Some food historians claim that it was a way to make a small portion of meat, cheese, or vegetables available to a whole family. You could take the small portion of what food you had, like one slice of meat, and divide it up into smaller portions, like 12 smaller portions, wrap each smaller portion in dough, and then everyone (father, mother, son, daughter) got to have some of the nutritious food.

    • @TORchic1
      @TORchic1 Год назад +24

      That makes a lot of sense actually.
      Portions can be mostly equal among everyone eating the food, and since the food is nicely wrapped in a little pouch, you get less food waste.

  • @KonradofKrakow
    @KonradofKrakow Год назад +590

    I am Polish, my girlfriend is Taiwanese and this is one of the main things we tease each other about. We agree on each culture's approach, except for fruit filled dumplings - she thinks they are an abomination, while I love blueberry pierogi with (ice) cream. 🫐🥟

    • @Liusila
      @Liusila Год назад +72

      I’m Lithuanian and I actually grimaced at the mention of cherry filled dumplings, but now that you mentioned blueberries and ice cream…

    • @manishgrg639
      @manishgrg639 Год назад +2

      @@Liusila Lithuania is next ukraine. Write it down

    • @KonradofKrakow
      @KonradofKrakow Год назад +17

      @@Liusila It is an amazing summer dish. Main course meal and desert all in one!
      P.S. I liked Kibinai in Trakai.

    • @grzegorzdziedzic9592
      @grzegorzdziedzic9592 Год назад

      Z lodami?! Fuuuj. ;)

    • @-soya-9887
      @-soya-9887 Год назад +39

      Blueberry pierogi with ice cream sounds like a weird pregnancy craving… 👁👄👁

  • @askosefamerve
    @askosefamerve Год назад +15

    As a Turkish person, i didnt know manti was one of the first examples of dumplings! Good to know.

    • @camelofsiberia962
      @camelofsiberia962 5 месяцев назад

      ztn biz yarattık yemeği

    • @askosefamerve
      @askosefamerve 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@camelofsiberia962 Videoda proto-Türkler yaptı diyor.

  • @user-ij6lc1ch3s
    @user-ij6lc1ch3s Год назад +41

    I wasn’t expecting to see so much information about mantı, i am delighted. It’s an all time favourite from my native country. Thanks for the amazing video!

  • @AviChetriArtwork
    @AviChetriArtwork Год назад +27

    I have no doubt that steaming dough with meat would have arised by different groups in history. That being said, thank you Newari and Tibetans for giving us Mo:mo in Nepal.

  • @Cunnilinguistics69
    @Cunnilinguistics69 Год назад +39

    In southeast sweden we have something like a cross between a dumpling and a knödel called kroppkaka: a round dumpling made from a potato based dough, filled with pork and onions. Food encased in dough is such a wonderful human universal 🥟

  • @btothediaz
    @btothediaz Год назад +21

    This is amazing! I have always been amazed at how different cultures have a stuffed pastry food: the dumplings, the pierogies, the tortellinis, the patty, the empanada!
    We always forget how much more alike we are than we are different!

  • @rd2124
    @rd2124 Год назад +10

    I had once dumplings for dinner in China and I can’t forget about the taste till now, it was so delicious!! I hope I can eat that again!

  • @talknight2
    @talknight2 Год назад +31

    In Russia the dumplings shaped like tortellini are called pelmeni and are stuffed with meat, while the uncurled dumplings are called vareniky and can have any other filling (typically mashed potato, soft cheese or jam).

    • @siregne4343
      @siregne4343 Год назад +6

      vareniky with potato are superior, fight me

    • @xaviour7133
      @xaviour7133 Год назад +4

      @@siregne4343 I'll fight you just to get that Last piece.

    • @user-sw3nz6wx8u
      @user-sw3nz6wx8u Год назад +2

      In Kazakhstan we eat pelmeni, manti and vareniki. Vareniki and pelmeni we boil in water. But we cook manti in steam. So, I think manti is more closer to dumplings than pelmeni

    • @felixyasnopolski8571
      @felixyasnopolski8571 Год назад

      @@siregne4343 with smashed potato and fried onion...

  • @Hallows4
    @Hallows4 Год назад +17

    One of my all-time favorite foods. Thank you.

    • @Friendship1nmillion
      @Friendship1nmillion Год назад

      *AND* a great way to use leftovers . 🍱🥟🫕🥡♑️✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴

    • @Hallows4
      @Hallows4 Год назад

      @@Friendship1nmillion YUP!

  • @syifaa3604
    @syifaa3604 Год назад +7

    Mouthwatering drawing of dumplings

  • @Illposteventually
    @Illposteventually 8 месяцев назад +3

    The last line is so true (that cooking fillings encased in dough would be delightful) is so true
    Thanks for the cravings 😋

  • @dsong2006
    @dsong2006 Год назад +14

    linguistic origins tells us a lot about origins of dumplings. When a culture uses a foreign word to refer to a food item it usually means it originates elsewhere
    Most dumplings from East/South/South East and Central Asia have dumplings which has word origins from Chinese languages
    Manti/Mantuu from Mantou
    Mandu from Mantou
    Manju from Mantou
    Buuz from Baozi
    Khuushuur from Huoshaor
    Momo from Momo (this is completely unchanged from the Chinese word)
    Siomai/shumai from Shaomai/Siomai(cantonoese)
    Siopao from Shaobao
    Gyoza from Jiaozi
    The only dumplings which were probably not from China are:
    All forms of Samosa/samsa
    All forms of Empanadas
    Central European dumplings
    Italian/Mediterranean ones like ravioli or gnochi

    • @camelofsiberia962
      @camelofsiberia962 5 месяцев назад

      mantı is the origin word dude

    • @dsong2006
      @dsong2006 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@camelofsiberia962 the earliest mention of the word mantoux was in the 200s AD when was the first recorded use of the word Manti

  • @itacom2199
    @itacom2199 Год назад +91

    In Italy, dumplings were almost certainly first eaten during the Middle Ages, but it's not clear whether they were a local invention or were imported from outside.

    • @manishgrg639
      @manishgrg639 Год назад

      they were stole from china just like european stole silk and tea cultivation from china

    • @itacom2199
      @itacom2199 Год назад

      @@manishgrg639 Evidence, please. Not everything comes from China.

    • @TORchic1
      @TORchic1 Год назад +12

      There's good reasons for either of them to be true. Merchants or people from areas where Turkish people live could have brought it over.
      It's also just as likely to think that some cooks in the middle ages wanted to make sure ever last scrap of food wasn't wasted during hard times, so wrapping it in smaller wheat wrappings would be a good way to do that.
      Idk. I'm just thinking about it ..

    • @1IGG
      @1IGG Год назад +2

      @@TORchic1 In Germany those kinds of dumplings the video talks about (we have completely different ones made from potatoes, which have nothing in common) were made to hide food you weren't allowed for religious purposes. E.g. on (Good) Friday you weren't allowed to eat meat. But if it's hidden within a dumpling, who would know?..

    • @esti-od1mz
      @esti-od1mz Год назад +4

      @@TORchic1 ravioli are undoubtely from Italy, since many roman sources referred to similar dishes in their chronicles. Furthemore, the dumplings and the ravioli don't share the same recipe: pasta is the base for ravioli

  • @wojtekpolska1013
    @wojtekpolska1013 Год назад +13

    honestly its so cool, how such simple-but-great concept spread around the world, changing depending on local culture and aviable ingredients, creating so many diffrent amazing types of dumplings

  • @ChanwooPark-me1wc
    @ChanwooPark-me1wc Год назад +12

    만두가 이런 오랜 역사를 가진 음식이었다는 게 놀랍습니다. 만두는 동양풍의 음식이라 생각했는데, 그 근윈에 터키도 포함되어 있다니 신기하네요. 유익한 영상 감사합니다!

    • @lieutenantripleyy
      @lieutenantripleyy 2 месяца назад

      Türkler her yerde lan 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺 sizin yunan sandığınız yoğurtta bizim 🇹🇷🇹🇷🐺🐺

  • @Crosmert
    @Crosmert Год назад +22

    Those animations, always so enthralling and on point. Over here in Argentina, we also have Empanadas.

    • @fandroid6491
      @fandroid6491 Год назад +2

      In the Philippines, we also have Empanadas.

    • @Crosmert
      @Crosmert Год назад

      @@fandroid6491 Wow I didn't know, that's awesome! Thanks for sharing!

    • @TORchic1
      @TORchic1 Год назад +1

      I was just thinking about Empanadas after watching this video.
      They seem to be all over Latin American with various differences. For me, my parents are from Mexico and make mexican pan dulce. One of the foods they make are sweet empanadas filled with fruit filling. I'm not sure how common that kind of sweet empanada is overall, but I know I've had a Venezuelan empanada before courtesy of my neighbors.

  • @kjksm1111
    @kjksm1111 Год назад +9

    [ 3:26 ]Mantou(manjuu in Japanese) was introdused to Japan in 13th and 14th centurries by Buddhist monks, whereas jaozi(gyoza in Japanse) in 17th century by a Confucian scholar. In 20th century, jaozi became popular among Japanese people, though mantou had already been popular for centuries.

  • @theresechan2338
    @theresechan2338 Год назад +1

    I'm watching this video from quarantine and I gotta say I'm almost in tears from how wonderful all those dumplings look

  • @katarzynamazur172
    @katarzynamazur172 Год назад +7

    Oh when you visit Poland you HAVE to try all types of Pierogi! We have tones of filling, sweet, sour, salty, light, spicy whatever you want!

  • @aldhieu.a.teodocio8796
    @aldhieu.a.teodocio8796 Год назад +95

    The most popular dumpling here in the Philippines is known as "siomai." It's my most favorite food.
    Edit. Thank u people for sharing ur knowledge and thoughts (the top three persons down there). Isn't fascinating that we're indeed Asia? I mean on the surface level, we think we're so different but as we go and look deeper in such cultures, we're in fact interrelated. Look at us Filipinos, you might be thinking we have Hispanic culture. It's true but you're yet to see how Chinese a big portion of our culture is.

    • @ritzna7708
      @ritzna7708 Год назад +10

      It’s also called siomay in Indonesia. Interesting

    • @g.3581
      @g.3581 Год назад +31

      @@ritzna7708 It is a Cantonese word. In English it’s “shumai” from Cantonese “sīu-máai”

    • @PChan-yt4uf
      @PChan-yt4uf Год назад +14

      Obviously introduced to the Philippines by the Chinese migrants. Even the name "siomai" is from a Chinese dialect. The name in other Chinese dialects also sound similar.

    • @mikhwanese
      @mikhwanese Год назад

      eh, it is also called as "siomay" in Indonesia

    • @drawnwithlove3499
      @drawnwithlove3499 Год назад +1

      I thought our native dumpling was the lumpia

  • @mightythumder
    @mightythumder Год назад +21

    TedED drawing every kind of person in the world eating dumplings is mesmerizing

  • @FinancialShinanigan
    @FinancialShinanigan Год назад +32

    According to my mom, my great great grandma did

  • @ozzs3026
    @ozzs3026 Год назад +54

    Thank you for also sharing the Turkic part of the history, mantı. Turks interacted highly with China, even the name Turk was given by them and the first record of Turkish history is also seen in Chinese recordings. Mandarin 饅頭/馒头 (mántou, “steamed bun”) even seems like it originated from mantı.

    • @connaeris8230
      @connaeris8230 Год назад +18

      The name Turk doesn't come from Chinese, even if Turks were first mentioned in Chinese records. It probably comes from Old Turkic.

    • @ozzs3026
      @ozzs3026 Год назад +5

      @@connaeris8230 “the name "Türk" first appears as "t'ou-kiue" in Chinese sources in the 6th Century. “ that’s my mistake, sorry and thanks👍🏻

    • @connaeris8230
      @connaeris8230 Год назад +2

      @@ozzs3026 no problem, we all learned something new

    • @catherinezhou6382
      @catherinezhou6382 Год назад +4

      From “Armenian food: folklore”, manti evolved from mantou.

    • @ozzs3026
      @ozzs3026 Год назад +2

      @@catherinezhou6382 “According to an Armenian researcher, manti first reached Cilician Armenia as a result of the cultural interaction between Armenians and Mongols during their alliance in the 13th century.”?

  • @risav202
    @risav202 Год назад +7

    Momo is a blessing to humanity

  • @gwenarrojo7898
    @gwenarrojo7898 Год назад

    I've always loved your animations! The narration was perfect, too! All ages can enjoy your masterpiece. I used to watch your shorts with my 3-7yo nephews whenever I go visit them.

  • @riopratamamartin7870
    @riopratamamartin7870 Год назад +4

    Mmmmm dumplings . You can steamed it , fried it ,or making a soup. Dumpling is always my favorite

  • @InfoChannelOfficial
    @InfoChannelOfficial Год назад +12

    Watching the animation is so satisfying; it presents the information in a more "fun" way that can be easily understood. 😀

  • @bekmashrapov1858
    @bekmashrapov1858 Год назад +4

    Manty is national dish of many Turkic ethnicities across Central Asia. My favourite ones are Uyghur with pumpkin and Dungan with fragrant onion ( jusai). In my homeland, Kyrgyz Republic, we stuff our manty with a lot of meat, one of my Chinese friends tried our Manty with potato and was shocked. Lol.

  • @ellie-qt4bo
    @ellie-qt4bo Год назад +14

    "Dumplings certainly *gathered steam*..."
    Ted Ed you sly dog

  • @KnightsofGaming2016
    @KnightsofGaming2016 Год назад +39

    I love these history videos on foods. Hope to see a video on cake or soda in the near future or such

  • @PramkLuna
    @PramkLuna Год назад +4

    Nice to know that the entire world can agree that dumpings are delicious no matter the time or place

  • @anupregmi7385
    @anupregmi7385 Год назад +35

    You bet that the best DUMPLINGS( also called MOMOs) in the world is found in Nepal. If you visit the country you can find a café in every corner with Dumpling in their menu. Also the dip you get with the dumpling is to die for.

    • @ritzna7708
      @ritzna7708 Год назад +2

      I doubt it’s the best. But ok

    • @anupregmi7385
      @anupregmi7385 Год назад +7

      @@ritzna7708 Well If you visit Nepal try it out for yourself 🤗

    • @mayurdahiwale5907
      @mayurdahiwale5907 Год назад +2

      Your neighbour here 🙋‍♂️ You can run into a momo stall at any busy street corner... One of the most popular street food indeed

    • @manydaaa123
      @manydaaa123 Год назад +2

      Momo is the best kind of dumplings.. I swear to god!! Its so good...

    • @Yeah.316
      @Yeah.316 Год назад +1

      @@ritzna7708 did i mention it also comes fried and some even have types of chesse in it? American👀👀

  • @nathanseper8738
    @nathanseper8738 Год назад +2

    This is the only TED-Ed video to make me hungry.

  • @worldsfunniestvideosandbes3684
    @worldsfunniestvideosandbes3684 8 месяцев назад

    I’m Chinese American and I’m impressed by how accurate the pronunciation is. 😃 It’s nice to see that everything is connected in the world, even with food.

  • @user-fm6no9el3f
    @user-fm6no9el3f Год назад +55

    A story from the Three Kingdoms period has an interesting explanation for how dumplings came to be. The strategist Zhuge Liang needed to get his army across a river, but strong winds and troubled waters held them back. A bit of divining revealed that they needed a sacrifice of many human heads to calm the river. Not wanting to kill his own soldiers and demoralize his army, Zhuge Liang had the idea to create fake human heads out of dough, meat, and vegetables. The idea worked, the river subsided, and the army was able to cross the river. Zhuge Liang's creation later spread, and became the dumplings we know and love today.

    • @abejabee2754
      @abejabee2754 Год назад +3

      oo, that’s cool 😊

    • @barbarak2836
      @barbarak2836 Год назад +2

      Wonderful story!

    • @cobiandiego5896
      @cobiandiego5896 Год назад +5

      well they became 馒头to be more precise, since their are so many dumpling variants and the modern version of it evolved to be not as dumpling like as it was then. they were originally called 蛮头which meant "barbarian head", coming from this origin.

    • @zeflute4586
      @zeflute4586 Год назад +1

      Yes, they were supposed to sacrafice "Head's of Babarian", which was"蛮头Mantou", But Zhuge Liang was trying to truly control the area and was reluctant to sacrafice captived babarian soldiers. So he made the big buns as a replacement. Later, somehow the word became "馒头Mantou"
      Today in some dialects from southern China, “馒头Mantou” still means filled buns. But in general mandarin it means no filling steamed buns, while "饺子jiaozi" and "包子baozi" means little and big filling buns. How the naming transformed in the last 17 centuries is beyond my knowledge.

    • @herz_yeonu
      @herz_yeonu Год назад

      yeah yeah yeah

  • @yousefali-qi4uq
    @yousefali-qi4uq 10 месяцев назад

    asking myself this question couple years ago and find it here is a delightful

  • @brutosmomentos7355
    @brutosmomentos7355 Год назад +1

    The sound design in this video is incredible!

  • @bonkeroooo
    @bonkeroooo Год назад +8

    Even though I'm Chinese and I grew up with the Chinese version of dumplings, if you give me any food resembling a dumpling, I'll eat it and love it

  • @jyusatsu
    @jyusatsu Год назад +3

    Dumplings are always my go-to comfort food I always make sure we have stock in the fridge so can eat it anytime 😊 So this is very interesting to know about dumplings

  • @Imperium4
    @Imperium4 Год назад +2

    Thanks for making such an informative and amazing looking video, I never knew there were so many kinds!

  • @zhizunbao333
    @zhizunbao333 Год назад +1

    The idea preparing for food -- dough wrapped vegie and meat, is just great, so different countries with different culture in the world all have a different variation of the dumpling!

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 Год назад +4

    1:30 Smooth animation. Imagine being the first person to discover that you can cook stuff wrapped in dough, and not just eat them separately.

  • @sejinoh2274
    @sejinoh2274 Год назад +4

    The animation and narration, not to mention the script with its puns here and there are absolutely wonderful!
    However, I did notice that around 2:56, when there is (presumably) a scene featuring Koreans eating dumplings, the clothes they had on looked more like Kimonos that the traditional clothes in Korea.(I may be mistaken). But other than that, I love all your videos and the way the people at TED-ED try to make the videos more socially and historically inclusive and accurate! Thx!

    • @kuku8846
      @kuku8846 Год назад +4

      It could be a bit off, but this got me thinking so I guess I'll put my thoughts into words below!:
      East Asian nations do share some points of similarity in such robes, and while I don't know enough about traditional Korean culture to say for sure, I wouldn't be surprised if back then, commoners really _could_ have worn such (simple) robes as depicted in the video (just the standard Y collar with a belt). :oooo
      I do know at least China would have, as well as Japan (as you mentioned), and there is the fact that both Korea and Japan did receive some influence from China, so sometimes the clothes share similarities even with them each having their own unique features. Chinese hanfu was one of the cultural things that got spread to some other Asian nations, the same way the food (dumplings) did in this video... And while the influence Japan receieved is mostly known to more so be from the Tang and maybe Qin/Han dynasties (in terms of the kimono having a tube shape and Qin/Han hanfu similarly having a more tubular shape), the influence Korea received is mostly known to more so be from the Ming dynasty, where the Y collar was slightly less prominent, which is a possible reason why the design may not have struck you as feeling particularly Korean in this video. But the Y collar wasn't removed completely, and again, perhaps simple commoner robes _would_ resemble simple commoner robes in other East Asian nations (this is considering that the most popular and well-known versions of East Asian traditional clothing today are usually clothing of the nobility and not of the working class).
      Of course Korean clothes also have their own independent unique features and developed such traits independently! I'm not trying to say this video is definitely 100% accurate just because Korea had some Chinese influence or that Korean culture isn't its own thing. It is totally its own thing! I was more so coming at this from an angle I knew more about to muse further on the topic, as I personally have a passion for hanfu!

    • @sejinoh2274
      @sejinoh2274 Год назад

      @@kuku8846 Thanks for your very detailed response!

  • @adityapal8367
    @adityapal8367 Год назад +1

    I am hungry for more dumplings !! Thanks for giving us an insight on these "Plump pockets of perfection".

  • @loksven83
    @loksven83 Год назад

    Oh, to be a person from back then and enjoying all these different foods and the simple pleasures like the simple yet delicious dishes of that time period.

  • @donpula6349
    @donpula6349 Год назад +5

    Love dumplings ❤. I ate them while drinking milk tea & reading a novel. Its just like art & poetry 😊...

    • @pasta_eeee
      @pasta_eeee Год назад +1

      aw yes reading snacks :D

    • @donpula6349
      @donpula6349 Год назад +1

      @@pasta_eeee Yep 1 of my hobbies. I also I heard thought food is another science, but its also art too. The dumplings have a deeper meaning, like when you drank and finish your Turkish coffee and either the drinker or a companion rolled the cup twice and see your fortune. Everything has a deeper meaning.

  • @danylo7201
    @danylo7201 Год назад +27

    Varenyky (dumplings) in Ukraine are a popular national dish,
    Interesting fact: Varenyky are so beloved in Ukraine that a yearly festival commemorating them is held at the Ukrainian ski resort town of Bukovel in the Carpathian Mountains.
    In 2013, a snow monument to varenyky was made in Bukovel, and was submitted to the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest snow varenyk in the world 😂❤

    • @yuriya1220
      @yuriya1220 Год назад +1

      In Ukraine we also make them sweet with cherries or blueberries and cottage cheese 😍

    • @TheAnimtedFrog
      @TheAnimtedFrog Год назад

      I have tried them before they are quite tasty

    • @nopenvm
      @nopenvm 8 месяцев назад

      they are so good, ukraine has such an underappreciated cuisine

  • @medusagorgon8432
    @medusagorgon8432 Год назад

    This bit of history was rather delicious! Must have more!

  • @utkarshcrypto979
    @utkarshcrypto979 Год назад +2

    the part in which they showed how the dumpling were made and the people eating it made me hungry. ted-ed makes learning so fun 😀

  • @zukaparesishvili451
    @zukaparesishvili451 Год назад +5

    You didn’t mention Khinkali, Georgian style dumpling.. one of the best of its kind🤤🤤

  • @anemated20
    @anemated20 Год назад +4

    I just want dim sum now, or soup dumplings 😋😜 great video!

  • @gloomyscribbles
    @gloomyscribbles Год назад

    i love how squishy the animations were in this video! truly satisfying

  • @gulnozaabdurahmonova2266
    @gulnozaabdurahmonova2266 Год назад

    It is amazing how one meal is spead all around the world.I love manti we cook it often.It is one of the favourite special traditional meal.

  • @rishabhtiwari5530
    @rishabhtiwari5530 Год назад +4

    in India the variation of dumpling is called a momo but the best dumpling that I've ever had when I was travelling through European Georgia, it's called Khinkali and it was heavenly.

    • @manydaaa123
      @manydaaa123 Год назад +1

      Momo from Nepal invented in newari community in 15th century!

    • @aekrobat
      @aekrobat Год назад +1

      @@manydaaa123 it was actually brought from tibet from newari traders

    • @manydaaa123
      @manydaaa123 Год назад

      @@aekrobat That's called mogmog not momo.. newari people made their own called Momo

  • @lotusgal313
    @lotusgal313 Год назад +3

    4:05 AGREED!!!

  • @linhvohieu720
    @linhvohieu720 Год назад

    Thanks, TED-Ed, the animation lesson in TED ED made me more exciting to learn new things.

  • @maristar852
    @maristar852 Год назад

    1. The video and it's story itself is amazing but also 2. The hand animation?? Chef's kiss*

  • @bizarrebop07
    @bizarrebop07 Год назад +13

    I love how you guys probably didn’t finish the video as I didn’t, I’ll edit this to tell you how I like the video
    Edit: I loved the video, I really enjoy the “A brief history” videos on this channel

    • @nerdypie1236
      @nerdypie1236 Год назад +2

      I love how you find finish the video as I didn’t, I’ll edit this reply to tell you how I like the video
      Edit: Really interesting! I really enjoyed learning about how the word was formed.

  • @ThePsycheGym
    @ThePsycheGym Год назад +3

    I got to know for the first time about Dumplings in Kung Fu Panda; and with the history I just watched, I’m not surprised it’s Po’ favorite. I look forward to having a taste soon 😋

  • @gulnozanormuminova930
    @gulnozanormuminova930 Год назад +1

    I'm from Central Asia and manti or dumplings are our one of the main traditional food and i really love them

  • @theinformedvegan6758
    @theinformedvegan6758 Год назад

    LOVED the animation on this one

  • @WilliamKoh96
    @WilliamKoh96 Год назад +3

    Wrong video to watch an hour before lunchtime at work

  • @propaghosh3045
    @propaghosh3045 Год назад +17

    Momos, very similar to these dumplings, are an Indian and Nepali favourite. As an Indian who lives for momos this video makes me very happy ❤❤

    • @anupregmi7385
      @anupregmi7385 Год назад +2

      exactly!!!

    • @manishgrg639
      @manishgrg639 Год назад

      north eastern indians are treated badly by rest of the indians, even tease them by calling momos and chowmein just because they have small eyes

    • @shishirpudasaini5039
      @shishirpudasaini5039 Год назад +2

      Its Momo pronounced as Ma: Ma:, nothing like Momos

  • @cariri12
    @cariri12 Год назад

    Wonderful art animation. Every move was clearly studied. Thank you, random artist

  • @adamcantcook
    @adamcantcook 8 месяцев назад +2

    Aside from dumplings being delicious, I think there's another reason why people invented them: portability.
    It would be difficult and cumbersome to transport meat and vegetables while marching with armies or travelling long distances, and eating them would require pausing to cook it. But dumplings allowed soldiers and travellers to eat their pre-cooked meat and veggies on-the-go. This is how, for instance, the Cornish pastie in England (which is nothing but a glorified dumpling, surely) came about.

  • @dchandler5932
    @dchandler5932 Год назад +5

    amazing video! i only have one critique. i’m Turkish and “mantı” (with no dot on the ‘i’ btw) is pronounced maan- tuh. not maan- tee. just a little critique but it was a very educational video

  • @ilovetooverthink
    @ilovetooverthink Год назад +7

    I'm having dumplings right now 🤭 Great timing!

  • @1111MeditationPortal
    @1111MeditationPortal Год назад +1

    Great information, thank you.

  • @lumisherbert5682
    @lumisherbert5682 8 месяцев назад +1

    The animation in this one was like the TED-ED version of studio Ghibli food animation. Makes me rather hungry

  • @forgeflarion8362
    @forgeflarion8362 Год назад +4

    "So, the word was actually confusingly imprecise, but it stuck nonetheless"
    - English in a nutshell

  • @gixx
    @gixx Год назад +3

    Our dumplings here in Kenya are known as Samosas and they are triangular shaped

  • @youxarexmyxsunshine
    @youxarexmyxsunshine Год назад

    I’m thankful for whoever invented dumplings and all the delicious food around the world. Yum 😋 and thanks TED-Ed for the always educational mini documentary.

  • @TheHide358
    @TheHide358 Год назад

    Watching this video makes me want to try dumplings around the world. Thanks!

  • @TopFix
    @TopFix Год назад +5

    I have a theory that dumplings, or food encased in dough, became a favourite staple dish among cultures because the dough, which encased the meat within, helped keep the meat from spoiling as quick as other alternatives of food, and also helped shield the meat from bacteria and other contents in the air while outside. It also made it an easier dish to transport.

    • @runli4605
      @runli4605 Год назад

      I have another theory. The dough serves as a make shift pressure cooker so the filling is actually cooked at a higher temperature, making them more delicious. Your theory makes sense too.

  • @jujitsujew23
    @jujitsujew23 Год назад +3

    much like how the Egyptians, Aztecs and ancient Brazilians all built pyramids I think its highly likely that dumplings developed in multiple locations at different times as per 3:55

  • @archive6094
    @archive6094 Год назад +1

    I didn't know I would learn this today. Good job! : )

  • @silviahuazc.7661
    @silviahuazc.7661 Год назад +4

    I really love dumplings 🥟!

  • @mishupanta
    @mishupanta Год назад +5

    Its called Mo:Mo in Nepal. Originated from Newari food Momocha. It is probably the most important, tasty, and favoured food in the whole of Nepal. I grew up eating momo for my school lunch, college lunch, and Nepalese who are abroad frequently make Mo:Mo in their houses.

    • @Zoogy_zoo
      @Zoogy_zoo 10 дней назад

      😂😂😂😂 what proof you have?

    • @mishupanta
      @mishupanta 10 дней назад

      @@Zoogy_zoo what proof? man you must be fun at parties! We like to call it a lifetime of experience, a.k.a direct observation. I am sure, some guy during the Genghis Khan era packed some meat inside some dough and cooked it. Guess what? It never got recorded. Now when you think about it, the apple must have fallen onto many people's heads, but it was discovered by Issac Newton, hence Newton's law of gravity. If you don't get what I mean by now, you probably should start considering the time and space is big. I like your profile photo though. Keep it up!

  • @kenguyii9108
    @kenguyii9108 Год назад +1

    Learning about The History of Dumplings is already making my mouth water! 🥟 🤤

  • @rainbowcake8650
    @rainbowcake8650 Год назад +1

    Everybody can agree that food is the key to many hearts,gatherings,telling stories and more^^.

  • @Antsandwalls
    @Antsandwalls Месяц назад +4

    Now i am hungry…

  • @Shivashish_Gurung
    @Shivashish_Gurung Год назад +3

    Now its the most eaten food in Nepal 🇳🇵 😁

  • @ThitutUhthalye
    @ThitutUhthalye Год назад

    The animation made me really hungry and the narrator pronunciation is spot on!

  • @lowkeyloki5359
    @lowkeyloki5359 10 месяцев назад +1

    The animation is fantastic

  • @abisekmndhr3620
    @abisekmndhr3620 Год назад +6

    Here in Nepal, we have Mo:Mos. Its generally filled with buffalo meat although you can choose other meats like chicken, pork, sheep, goat, fish, and many more and they're mixed with Mo:Mo masala and we eat it with Mo:Mo aachar (sauce). And we've many varieties of mo:mos as well. My favourite is fried chilli mo:mo.

    • @dragonkaanxa
      @dragonkaanxa Год назад +1

      mo:mo not mo:mos

    • @abisekmndhr3620
      @abisekmndhr3620 Год назад

      @@dragonkaanxa diff variety vaira last ma "s" rakheko.

    • @dragonkaanxa
      @dragonkaanxa Год назад

      😁😁😁Ok

    • @bobodalasousupreme3812
      @bobodalasousupreme3812 Год назад

      buffallo meat?? is that too rubbery and hard meat?

    • @abisekmndhr3620
      @abisekmndhr3620 Год назад

      @@bobodalasousupreme3812 it depends upon how it is cooked. I've not eaten beaf but People who have can't really seperate beaf and buffalo meat. The meat is shredded and mixed with masalas and hot mustard oil before it is packed up inside a dough. The smell of the meat after mixing jt with masalas and mustard oil is one of the yummies smell I've ever experienced.

  • @Cremenium
    @Cremenium Год назад +5

    In his essay "Rhapsody on dumplings" 餅賦 , Shu Xi did not mention that these dumplings came from alien lands. He only deduced from ancient books that the trend "did not start long ago"