# Dumplings can be hazardous to your health. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231 "2011-09-22T18:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/1 "2011-09-22T18:41:17Z")
[A dumpling fatality](http://news.yahoo.com/man-wins-dumpling-eating-contest-then-dies-150830490.html). I hope his next of kin at least got the jar of sour cream. ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/2 "2011-09-23T01:35:33Z")
I shall never dumple again. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/3 "2011-09-23T01:56:43Z")
Good, more for me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/4 "2011-09-23T02:12:37Z")
10 perogies in 30 seconds? Hah, amateur! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/5 "2011-09-23T03:32:08Z")
The prize was sour cream? And I thought _our_ economy was bad! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/6 "2011-09-23T23:41:40Z")
mmmmm, dumplings. I would eat dumplings for free let alone a sour cream prize. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/7 "2011-09-24T00:02:58Z")
[Here’s](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v2zEq0iZp6s/SPj8lR85SJI/AAAAAAAABJk/Xaf3cFcvvR8/s400/The+biggest+dumpling+ever.JPG) a photo of his daughter at his gravesite. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/8 "2011-09-24T00:53:09Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > [Here’s](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v2zEq0iZp6s/SPj8lR85SJI/AAAAAAAABJk/Xaf3cFcvvR8/s400/The+biggest+dumpling+ever.JPG) a photo of his daughter at his gravesite. Lol, somewhere I have a picture of myself there. Mmm dumplings. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/9 "2011-09-24T02:48:53Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > 10 perogies in 30 seconds? Hah, amateur! Spoken like a true Saskatchewanian! ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/10 "2011-09-24T09:53:25Z")
Well, that contest certainly went sour ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/11 "2011-09-24T10:42:53Z")
> [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](#): > > I shall never dumple again. I shall dumple no more forever! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/12 "2011-09-26T05:47:32Z")
He truly died as he lived, dumpling. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumplings-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/597231/13 "2011-09-27T06:45:51Z")
> [@67java89](#): > > Well, that contest certainly went sour The guy got creamed.