Slickers

[wekick]

We came across a small town restaurant that had "slickers" on the menu. It is like chicken and rolled dumplings. Is this a regional term or does anyone know where the term comes from?

[gretchenab]

I'm not sure if it's ethnic or regional, but I grew up outside Chicago into a German family and we made them. I remember my dad rolling them out on the kitchen table and letting them semi-dry there. We would put them in chicken soup and they were delicious. His dad was a baker and his mom grew up in Germany, so either of those could be the source...

[dmjordan]

Were was this restaurant located?

[wekick]

Jerseyville, Il. It is called Fran and Marilyn's.

[janniecooks]

Slickers is new to me, but I have heard of slippery dumplings, as in Chicken and slippery dumplings, which are a flat noodle-like dough product which is called a dumpling. I think it's from Pennsylvania Dutch cooking.

[thimes]

I've never heard of them (not that I know everything) - so I'm voting for a regional term. (I've lived midwest, east coast, west cost, southeast . . . so I've heard of many regional things, just never slickers for food - slickers I know are a regional term for a rain coat)

will have to look them up.

[ElsieDee]

I cannot recall if I first heard this term, "slickers," from a friend who grew-up in rural Oklahoma or one who grew-up in Baltimore and Tennessee. But I've always loved it.