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David Tanis, Won Tons Are Easily Domesticated; Control of the ingredients and seasoning is all yours when you make them at home. New York Times, Feb 19, 2014.
www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/dinin ... y-domesticated.html

Excerpt in the window of print: Using a package of store-bought won ton skins can make it almost feel like cheating.

Note:
(a) "You buy the won ton skins in a package at the store. They are rolled to the perfect thickness, cut to the perfect size and have the perfect moisture content. Even the most fanatical cook will agree that store-bought won ton skins and phyllo dough are better."

For phyllo, see filo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filo
(The name derives from Greek filo, "leaf," and may also be spelt phyllo)

(b) "Your won ton filling, whatever it is, will usually be a mixture of minced meat: chicken, duck, pork, shrimp or a combination. I love the combined flavors of not-too-lean, minced pork and shrimp, and the texture, too. Ginger, garlic, sesame oil and serrano chiles are happy additions, along with a spoonful of spicy fermented bean paste. If you can get Chinese garlic chives, by all means use them. They add a green freshness to the won ton filling that is more vegetal than garlicky, and quite delicious. If not, carry on with scallions."
(i) For serrano chile, see Serrano pepper
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serrano_pepper
("originated in the mountainous regions of the Mexican states of Puebla and Hidalgo. The name of the pepper is a reference to the mountains (sierras) of these regions")
(ii) sierra (noun feminine; from Latin [noun feminine] Serra [meaning "saw (tool)"]):
"1. saw (tool)
2. mountain range"en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sierra
(iii) serrano (adjective masculin): "mountainous"
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/serrano
(iv) For garlic chive, see Allium tuberosum  韭菜
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tuberosum
("The flavor is more like garlic than chives. It grows in slowly expanding perennial clumps [hence the species name]")

(v) scallion = Allium fistulosum = Welsh onion

Allium fistulosum
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_fistulosum
(perennial; Other names that may be applied to this plant include green onion, spring onion, scallion)

Quote: "The name "Welsh onion" has become a misnomer in modern English, as Allium fistulosum is not indigenous to Wales or particularly common in Welsh cuisine (the green Allium common to Wales is the leek, A. ampeloprasum, the national vegetable of Wales). "Welsh" preserves the original meaning of the Old English word "welisc", or Old German "welsche", meaning "foreign" (compare wal- in "walnut", of the same etymological origin). The species originated in Asia, possibly Siberia or China.