Okay, we make our potato dumplings with HOT potatoes. When I used to watch my mother make them she would always burn her fingers. When I first got married I followed her instructions and yes burned my fingers too. The first time I made them after all that work (no did not add enough flour) we had the family over and yes, poor things turned into potato water. I was mortified!!! But as the years went by I perfected the recipe and found a way not to burn myself. Then my kids decided they didn't like them!! Go figure!! Don't make them anymore, not worth the effort. But maybe after all this talk about them I will make them just becuz!