On June 18, locals celebrate the annual Dragon Boat Festival, a national holiday that is marked by races on the Keelung River and by eating jungtzu, a steamed dumpling stuffed with glutinous rice and other goodies.

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"I thought that the German curse had turned into a German blessing, " he said, when asked what he thought when he heard the final word, a German-derived Yiddish word for a type of dumpling.

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Besides, you avoid biting into a chunky piece of dough, as can happen when the dumpling is ball-shape.

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No doubt, he had come along the first time out of curiosity, because bell ringing struck him as quaint and Olde Worlde, like warm beer or clootie dumpling, and thus one of the experiences it would be a shame to miss while he was over here.

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