Breathing deeply will help your body relax, releasing the tension that would otherwise build up and spill out as tears. Try focusing on your breath, inhaling and exhaling slowly to the count of 4. When you are having a conversation with someone and you feel tears coming on, look away for a minute. Find a spot on the wall to focus on, or look at your hands intently. Remove yourself from the situation momentarily (just one minute will do) to give yourself space to gather your thoughts. Put some literal distance between you and the situation or person making you cry. Taking a step backward can give you a bit of personal space in which to gather your thoughts (and tears). Remove yourself physically from the situation that’s making you cry and take a walk. Focus on moving your arms and legs, and try to regularize your breathing. If you want to stop crying, don’t retreat to the bathroom. You might cry more there. Grab a magazine or watch a funny video. Pull yourself away from the immediate feelings that are making tears well up. Deliberately focus on the concrete details of what you’re reading or watching, and comment on details to yourself, such as, “That is a gorgeous dress,” or “I can’t believe that cat jumped so high.”

Summary: Take a few deep breaths. Look off to the side. Take a step backward. Take a walk. Focus your attention on something else.


Sprinkle a little flour on your work surface and set a dough ball on it. Use a rolling pin to roll the ball into a very thin circle. Roll the dough as thin as you can. Use a cookie scoop or a tablespoon to scoop some asado or bola bola filling into the middle of the rolled circle of dough. Hold the dough with filling in the palm of one hand and use the fingers of your other hand to pinch an edge of the circle. Twist and bring the edges of the circle together and towards the center of the bun. Squeeze and seal the top where the edges meat to secure the filling in the dough. Set the bun on a small square of waxed paper. Fill and shape each piece of dough. Set each of the filled siopao on a baking sheet. Lay a damp towel over the buns and let them rest for 10 minutes, so they rise a little. . Set up an electric or stove top steamer and place about 2-inches (5 cm) of water with 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of vinegar in the bottom of the steamer. Bring the water to a boil while you arrange the siopao in a single layer on the steamer basket. Put the lid on the steamer and steam the asado-filled buns for 15 minutes. Steam the bola bola-filled buns for 20 minutes. Ensure that the filling is completely hot before you remove them from the steamer and serve them. Serve the siopao buns with the siopao dipping sauce. To store leftover siopao, wrap the each steamed bun in plastic wrap. Place them in a sealable plastic bag and freeze the siopao until you're ready to eat them. Unwrap and microwave them until they're heated through.

Summary: Roll each ball of dough into a thin circle. Arrange a spoonful of filling in the center. Gather the dough around the filing in a spiral shape. Prove the filled buns for 10 minutes. Set up your steamer Steam the siopao buns for 15 to 20 minutes.


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