Chateau dumplings were created from Babi's (Grandma's) recipes and sold in the 1930's and 40's at the C.C. Shotola and Son retail meat market. In 1949 with the advent of the frozen food age distribution began to other retail food stores and a few years later the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. became the first chain food store to distribute the full line of frozen dumplings, including Bread dumplings , Potato dumplings, mock chicken legs (city chicken croquettes) Liver dumplings. In the 60's with the expansion of the frozen food departments more chain groups began to carry and feature the Chateau dumpling line. Fruit dumplings were marketed for a brief time and later we printed a fruit dumpling recipe on the Potato dumpling package so customers were able to make them when plums, apricots, peaches and cherries were in season.
