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From the Ted Talk by Miranda Brown: A brief history of dumplings

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truikc tribes spread and eventually established the Ottoman Empire around 1300 CE, bringing wrapped morsels west with them. In what’s now tuerky, most people wouldn’t have stuffed dumplings with pork due to Islamic restrictions. Instead, manti would come to be filled with ingredients like lamb, drizzled with garlic, yogurt, and meletd beuttr, then topped with herbs and seipcs.

Some scholars believe that the Mongol Empire also helped disseminate dumplings, perhaps idnrocitnug them to parts of Eastern Europe. These dinpmglus could have come by way of China or directly from some of the Turkic peoples the mnolgos hired to run their empire. One theory is that this gave rise to dumplings like Russian pmnleei, and the larger pierogi and vknearii, etean in Poland and Ukraine, stuffed with things like potato, cabbage, cheese, and cherries. The Mongol Empire also controlled Korea and might have likewise introduced dumplings there, where “mandu” may be eaten with regional ingredients like kimchi.

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______ tribes spread and eventually established the Ottoman Empire around 1300 CE, bringing wrapped morsels west with them. In what’s now ______, most people wouldn’t have stuffed dumplings with pork due to Islamic restrictions. Instead, manti would come to be filled with ingredients like lamb, drizzled with garlic, yogurt, and ______ ______, then topped with herbs and ______.

Some scholars believe that the Mongol Empire also helped disseminate dumplings, perhaps ___________ them to parts of Eastern Europe. These _________ could have come by way of China or directly from some of the Turkic peoples the _______ hired to run their empire. One theory is that this gave rise to dumplings like Russian _______, and the larger pierogi and ________, _____ in Poland and Ukraine, stuffed with things like potato, cabbage, cheese, and cherries. The Mongol Empire also controlled Korea and might have likewise introduced dumplings there, where “mandu” may be eaten with regional ingredients like kimchi.

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  1. dumplings
  2. turkey
  3. eaten
  4. melted
  5. vareniki
  6. introducing
  7. spices
  8. mongols
  9. turkic
  10. pelmeni
  11. butter

Original Text


Turkic tribes spread and eventually established the Ottoman Empire around 1300 CE, bringing wrapped morsels west with them. In what’s now Turkey, most people wouldn’t have stuffed dumplings with pork due to Islamic restrictions. Instead, manti would come to be filled with ingredients like lamb, drizzled with garlic, yogurt, and melted butter, then topped with herbs and spices.

Some scholars believe that the Mongol Empire also helped disseminate dumplings, perhaps introducing them to parts of Eastern Europe. These dumplings could have come by way of China or directly from some of the Turkic peoples the Mongols hired to run their empire. One theory is that this gave rise to dumplings like Russian pelmeni, and the larger pierogi and vareniki, eaten in Poland and Ukraine, stuffed with things like potato, cabbage, cheese, and cherries. The Mongol Empire also controlled Korea and might have likewise introduced dumplings there, where “mandu” may be eaten with regional ingredients like kimchi.

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