[Sca-cooks] tea question, 2nd attempt

[Susan Fox-Davis]

> Me: > I believe what you are looking for can be found under the general
> category
> > of Dim Sum, which I understand to mean "little hearts" and which are
> > the various bite-size things that you eat at a tea house.
>
> Avraham:  Correct, except I remember being told that "dim sum" translates to
> "small
> foods".

Someone told you wrong.  It's Cantonese.  "Touching the Heart" is another
interpretation.  Of course, the book from which I learned that is at home and
I'm at work.  I think it was THE DIM SUM BOOK BY Eileen Yin-Fei Lo.  Amazon says
it is out of print and quite collectible, gee!

Selene Colfox