Korean New Year v2: Dumpling Party and AirKhruang Playlist

A portrait from Korea

SO much fun that we try to do it every year!  This portrait captures the 2018 and 2021 editions.

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Dumpling Party!

Tanya and George invited us and a bunch of other friends over to celebrate Korean New Year with a dumpling making bash! George had pre-made two types of filling (pork and beef; both recipes available below). Attendees of all ages (4 on up!) had a blast trying out various wrapping techniques, and we got a kick out of first watching an instruction video off YouTube.

We fried some and steamed some, and enjoyed all of the above. Super fun, super delicious, and something we look forward to each year.

homemade beef dumplings and pork dumplings at a korean new year dumpling making party

Rounded out with some fried rice and Korean fried chicken wings, we absolutely feasted. And paired with some great wine from their fabulous collection, the conversation and laughs continued all afternoon.

Unless you are having a lot of other dishes, you should plan for about 10-12 dumplings per person. But get everyone involved, and as mom used to say, “many hands make light work.” and your dumplings will be shaped in a flash. A groovy playlist helps keep everyone going, too.

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Khruangbin & An AirKhruang Playlist

In bonding with one of the attendees over our love for evolutions of food and music over time and space, he told me of his latest band crush: Khruangbin.  I also fell for them upon first listen, and loved them even more when I realized their website provided fun custom playlist (which in 2018 was AirKhruang.com).  To get this playlist, when prompted, we chose: JFK->ICN; Aisle; Coffee, First Class; Direct. But for some crazy cyber reason, though it had been linked here in 2018, it was lost to cyberspace upon my update after the 2021 dumpling party!

And now the AirKhruang playlist-maker has drastically changed, and rebranded to Shelter in Space. This playlist included here is the playlist that generated when I selected the activity of”cooking,” and maxed out the time to 180 minutes. But just incase of some other cyber wonkiness, we will also include a link to the “This is Khruangbin” Spotify playlist, so there can always be a groovy playlist a the ready.

homemade beef dumplings and pork dumplings at a korean new year dumpling making party

So get that playlist on your speakers, gather your crew, and get your dumpling fun started!

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Pork Dumplings

homemade beef dumplings and pork dumplings at a korean new year dumpling making party
homemade beef dumplings and pork dumplings at a korean new year dumpling making party

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Beef Dumplings

homemade beef dumplings and pork dumplings at a korean new year dumpling making party
homemade beef dumplings and pork dumplings at a korean new year dumpling making party

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Kimchi Deviled Eggs

kimchi deviled eggs for korean new year dumpling paty