Help steamer question

[mrsflibble]

how the heck do I stop Dim Sum from sticking in a steamer?!

[Graye]

Are you using a bamboo steamer? If so use some cooking parchment as a liner before putting your dim sum in. Or you could use large cabbage leaves instead.

[StripyPixieSocks]

Yip, baking parchment... that's what the ones under the stuff I have bought in the past have :)

[mrsflibble]

thanks!
I am using a bamboo steamer. will have another go this week then. last week's were a disaster hahaha!

[Big Al]

how the heck do I stop Dim Sum from sticking in a steamer?!

DIM SUM ???????????

Showing my ignorance but what is it please?

[StripyPixieSocks]

Dim Sum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum

We have several bamboo steamers, they're great and we use them quite alot as we live Chinese food quite a bit here!

My OH can't live without Custard Buns (Steamed bun with a custard / coconut filling) I swear they have crack in them and they are a little too addictive

[shell]

educate me what is dim sum or for that matter as i`ve never owned or anyone i know own a bamboo steamer,what is that too
thanks shel

[Graye]

Dim Sum is a style of Cantonese cuisine which comes mainly in the form of steamed and fried dumplings.

The steaming is traditionally done in a bamboo steamer. These are made from seasoned bamboo which is extremely tough. They are in the form of a stack of round boxes with slatted bamboo "floors" between each box. This is topped with a tight fitting woven bamboo lid. The food is placed on parchment or cabbage leaves to stop it sticking or passing flavours directly into the bamboo and then placed on the "floors". The steamer, tightly lidded, is then placed in a wok with water in the bottom. The steam from this water as it boils cooks the dim sum.

Lovely!

[mrsflibble]

My OH can't live without Custard Buns (Steamed bun with a custard / coconut filling) I swear they have crack in them and they are a little too addictive

do you have a recipe please?!