nobleheart: Shortbread is best made with real, saltfree butter.
Pasties [rhymes with nasty] have all kinds of recipes available, some with lard, some without, some using turnips, some not. You need to try some and decide for yourself what kinds you like.
Chinese dumplings-Are you talking about Won Tons or Potstickers? You can buy frozen Won Ton skins & fill them with chopped meat, veg, whatever. Then they're either deep-fried or boiled [often in soup] usually shaped in a circle or square then folded over into a half-circle or triangle before cooking. Potstickers are more specialized, with at thicker dough-skin, usually a filled circle that is pulled together at the top & twisted around, then boiled or braised in a sauce.