I deleted a thread b/c everyone agreed it should be dealt with privately.

Thanks for trying to stir things up again...

Makes 16 to 20 pot stickers

FILLING

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1 pound ground pork
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2 tablespoons soy sauce
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1/2 cup scallions, white and green parts, sliced 1/8 inch thick
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1 cup Ginger–Fuji Apple Chutney
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Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
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1 egg
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1 package (50 count) round dumpling wrappers
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2 tablespoons grapeseed or canola oil

Dim Sum Dipper (recipe follows)

1. To make the filling, fill a large bowl with ice. Set a medium bowl into the icefilled bowl. In the smaller bowl combine the pork and soy sauce and mix. Fold in the scallions and chutney and season with salt and pepper.

2. To form the pot stickers, in a small bowl mix the egg with 2 tablespoons of water. Lay 5 wrappers on a work surface. Place 1/2 tablespoon of the filling in the center of each wrapper. Avoid getting any filling on the edges of the wrapper, which would prevent them from sealing properly. With a finger or pastry brush, paint the circumference of the wrappers with the egg mixture. Fold each wrapper in half to form a half-moon shape. Seal by pressing between the fingers and, starting at the center, make 3 pleats, working toward the bottom-right corner. Repeat, working toward the bottom-left corner. Press the folded edges of the dumplings gently on the work surface to flatten the bottoms and help them stand.

3. Heat a large, nonstick lidded sauté pan over high heat. Add the oil and swirl to coat the pan. When the oil is hot, add the pot stickers, flattened bottoms down, in batches of two or three rows of five, and cook without disturbing until brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Add about 1/2 cup of water and immediately cover the pan to avoid splattering. Lift the cover and make sure about 1/8 inch of water remains in the pan; add a little more if not. Steam until the pot stickers are puffy yet firm and the water has evaporated, 8 to 10 minutes. If the water evaporates before the pot stickers are done, add more in 1/4-cup increments. If the pot stickers seem done, but water remains in the pan, drain it and return the pan to the stovetop to evaporate any remaining liquid.

4. Continue to cook over high heat to allow the pot stickers to recrisp on the bottom, 2 to 3 minutes. Be careful not to burn them. Transfer the pot stickers to a platter and serve with the dipping sauce in individual small ramekins.

DIM SUM DIPPER

This is a great dipping sauce for all dim sum—pot stickers, shu mai, spring rolls, scallion pancakes, to name a few—but it’s also excellent with any fried goodie, like chicken fingers. You can and should adjust the heat to suit your palate. Though the dip lasts about a week in the fridge, it’s so easily prepared that I recommend you make just as much as you need when you need it. In any case, always give diners their own servings in little bowls for individual dipping. That keeps everything sanitary and cuts down on the possibility of spoilage.

Makes about 1 cup

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2 tablespoons Traditional Spicy Sambal or store-bought sambal
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1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
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1/2 cup soy sauce
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1 teaspoon sesame oil

In a small bowl combine the sambal, vinegar, soy sauce, and sesame oil. Mix and use or store.

I would be ok if this one were gone too...

If you are referring to my thread about the Open Photo Contest, I haven't heard from anyone and I certainly didn't agree to handling anything privately. I'm fine with that, but you have to respond to me privately first for that to happen, right?

Dude, I am literally shocked.

Guys... c'mon... this all transpired over a few hours. Let's give each other a chance here. Maybe he was about to contact you about it.

I was the one that suggested that things could be dealt with privately. I've been around this place for a long time and DJ doesn't seem to have a habit of ripping people off. So, we could give him the benefit of the doubt once in a while.

It's been several weeks since the close of the contest. Some photo contests take several months to release the results. It's really not worth yet another train wreck thread.

And this is coming from the king of train wreck threads!

Dang -- I missed it.

again... listen to the advice of the bosstones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V85TBnoJOQ

In the thread you were so upset that I posted your email publicly and you raised a storm about it and now you're saying you want it all public...I don't understand you and I responded to you at 6:33 so I don't see why you keep coming after me.

Hey Carrie...

Did you know you can lock your own threads???

But what fun would that be?

Bummer... I did too!

You know, I keep saying it, but only because it's my honest reaction - I am literally shocked at how such a silly little issue can get so off track. I didn't take it off track.

Why did you miss it? Because it was deleted, so now nobody can refer back to the actual thread to see what I originally inquired about and how it actually went off track.

And handle what privately? There really isn't anything that needs to be handled privately. I simply wanted an update on the status of the Open Photo Contest, so I did what any reasonable person would do: I sent an email to the support address for that Contest. I received no response. So I posted here to inquire if anyone else knew anything. That's all.

So to get back to the original, core issue. DJ, why couldn't you simply respond to my email in the first place?

And DJ, please stop exaggerating with statements like, "so upset" and "raised a storm". I look at that as manipulation, and it paints an unfair portrait of me and my reactions. I wrote that I was annoyed at your failure to respond to my original email. If I am incorrect, how about putting up the original thread so that OSPers can see for themselves how I reacted and what was actually exchanged.

And let me just add that as far as handling this privately, there appears to be no fruit in that. The few emails we have exchanged thus far are not resolution-seeking conversations, but the same little snippets and quips that take us nowhere.

THIS SOUNDS DELICIOSO!!!!!!!! someone wanna tell me where to get fuji apple chutney?

Apple Chutney


Ingredients

* 1 granny smith or fuji apple
* cucumber
* red onion
* balsamic vinegar
* greek-feta vinaigrette

Instructions

Finely chop 1 part apple, 1 part cucumber, and ¼ part onion. Mix a small yogurt bowl full of 2 parts greek-feta vinaigrette and 1 part balsamic vinegar. Combine all ingredients and microwave for 15 seconds (you’ll notice steam rising when the chutney is ready). Serve as part of a burrito, a topping to a mixed-greens salad, or as a spread over toasted bread.

What the heck is chutney?

If you spent as much time on your business as you do cooking, you would be {d}amon by now.

-TM

Now You Know Better!

Man... that is Slap my Fanny funny! hahahaha

Shane you and I have such similar music taste. Well, I use to listen to the bosstones all the time- I saw them at a Ska concert when I was a senior in high school

why am i not shocked.....

Let's stop with the silly little bickering and drama starting... it makes me not love coming here

LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!

~bobbi+

You know, I'm all for that too, but I didn't start this "drama" and was seeking answers to a legitimate concern. I am a believer in conflict resolution, not just sweeping uncomfortable situations under the rug. The claim was made that this would be handled privately, and that isn't happening.

I really don't believe in ignoring problems. If my company failed to provide the same simple support I was requesting, would it not have adverse affects?

While this whole thing is actually ridiculous, I don't appreciate the attempts to brush it all aside and make light of it all now that it was handled so poorly.

But it appears I may be in the minority with that opinion, so I'll accept that and just move on. I just don't like the misleading information that was posted here to my detriment.

Are you referring to DJ or all the other idiots like me who have posted in this thread while waiting for the next turn of events?

Ok...I'll post again in this thread since the other got deleted...so.....again......please.....some respect for Bob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHYe_ULBLHk

Although the Bosstones are pretty frikking sweet.

Haha! Jim, I don't look at anybody as idiots. But sometimes the humor and neglect of addressing the core issue bothers me no matter who is going through it. Issues like this are upsetting and saddening, and I would like it to be addressed, perhaps discussed, even debated if necessary. Sometimes we seem more concerned with easing the discomfort instead of making amends and coming to friendly agreement.

Just how I operate, to my own discomfort I suppose.

But I also don't believe this should just be ignored. There are strict laws and guidelines that contests are required to adhere to. Taking money from people and not maintaining any formal structure and compliance is usually not a good thing.

In Bruce's defense I read the other thread last night and he really wasn't trying to start anything. Although in the e-mail that DJ posted it did seem that you were referring to the TTD contest Bruce, so I understand where DJ might have been confused by that e-mail, but I thought you clarified yourself well in the other post about that.

Bruce is not a conflict starter people, he just asked a simple question, and it got taken the wrong way some how.

All he is wondering from DJ is when the recent Open Source Photo Contest results will be announced. We understand that DJ is *really* busy right now with the show-it sites thing and we understand that. Bruce just wanted a quick update and approximate results release date.

Or at least that's what I got out of everything...

Thanks for claifying your position. I can totally see where you are coming from in that people who post silly things are detracting from the main issue. I guess there are many reasons why people do it, but this has been happening pretty much since I have been here on OSP. People try to bring humor into the situation to keep the thread from escalating. They are the good ones. My tendency would be to try and pour gasoline on the fire and fan the flames -- but so far I have resisted that urge as best I can.

I think if people perceived this thread as a simple debate instead of a drama thread -- I suspect the hi-jinks would be to a minimum.

Thanks for keeping it light Jim! People like you keep this a happy place and thanks for giving me a reason to post so I can keep my count higher than Matt's! I love you guys!

My apologies, Bruce. I'll try to be less careless in the future.

lol!!! You are a ..... piece of ... work.