The wife and I grew up

Stalky · 11-01-2018, 06:18 PM

Eating chicken pot pies.
Affordable and for struggling families we both came from? A staple,especially at winter time.
Had them for supper this evening and it's a good rememberece of our childhoods.
Me in WVa,
The wife in Tx and Va.

aviator · 11-01-2018, 07:05 PM

I like chicken pot pies.

44044 · 11-01-2018, 07:41 PM

They used to be 10 for a dollar

But a dollar was worth something...

Hunter07 · 11-14-2018, 12:17 AM

WE buy about a dozen a month. I work really FUBAR'd hours this time of year so, they're a quick, easy alternative.

Oh, Beef for me,

is the wife's favorite.

baboon · 11-14-2018, 08:00 AM

We still eat them. Haven't had a Banquet brand one in a very long time. Hell I have a long list of cheap food from my youth I still eat. One thing I use to eat with my dad that I have not had in 40 years is potted meat.

REDOAK · 11-14-2018, 09:17 AM

It's nice to hear someone say 'supper' other than me.

44044 · 11-14-2018, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by REDOAK

It's nice to hear someone say 'supper' other than me.

US poor folks have supper...

The 'upper crust' dine

hangfire · 11-14-2018, 11:13 AM

Kraft Mac & cheese.

Sanders · 11-14-2018, 11:21 AM

My daughter makes a really good chicken pot pie from scratch. Since she started doing that, I haven't bought any frozen ones in a very long time.

As a kid, though, I ate a lot of those frozen pot pies.

ashhoe · 11-15-2018, 05:35 PM

I make them a lot and freeze them.
Not from scratch though.
I get the small aluminum tins, frozen pie crusts and cans of potatoes and peas/carrots.
Cook some chicken in the dutch oven and make a gravy. Add what you prefer like potatoes and peas and carrots.
I use the pie tin to pattern the top crust (2 per pie crust) and use the scraps to line the bottoms.
Ladle it in, throw a top on and crimp it with a fork.
Bake it hot and fast like that or freeze them and bake a little lower and longer when thawed.
Last time I made them I think I made around 50.
A close friend of me and my female companion was hit bad by cancer and we helped feed her family while they dealt with it.
My son ate the majority though, he's literally a big block food engine. Food in, feces out and he moves forward.
Me and the lady friend had our fair share too.

BBill · 11-15-2018, 07:23 PM

Marie Callender make good ones.

cerberus · 11-17-2018, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aviator

I like chicken pot pies.

Me too. But down here on the 26th parallel, the oven doesn't get turned on. Boston Market for us.
cerberus

aviator · 11-17-2018, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBill

Marie Callender make good ones.

yes they do and can be ready to eat in 5 minutes

Stalky · 11-17-2018, 02:22 PM

True on the Marie Callander. Great stuff.

Stalky · 11-17-2018, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by REDOAK

It's nice to hear someone say 'supper' other than me.

Yepp. Dinner is a different meal. Mostly in the South
Where we were born poor white kids and living in the hollers of Appalachia.
I didn't learn to write till I was a year old after all.
Learned to read from the back of a cereal box.

11-01-2018, 06:18 PM	#1
Stalky Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 8,076	The wife and I grew up Eating chicken pot pies. Affordable and for struggling families we both came from? A staple,especially at winter time. Had them for supper this evening and it's a good rememberece of our childhoods. Me in WVa, The wife in Tx and Va.

11-01-2018, 07:05 PM	#2
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,357	I like chicken pot pies. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

11-14-2018, 11:13 AM	#8
hangfire Home on the range Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: S. Indiana Posts: 17,283	Kraft Mac & cheese. __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure of the universe" -Albert Einstein-

11-14-2018, 11:21 AM	#9
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,435	My daughter makes a really good chicken pot pie from scratch. Since she started doing that, I haven't bought any frozen ones in a very long time. As a kid, though, I ate a lot of those frozen pot pies. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

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11-01-2018, 07:41 PM	#3
44044 slug Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: swampeastmissouri Posts: 50,919	They used to be 10 for a dollar But a dollar was worth something...

11-14-2018, 12:17 AM	#4
Hunter07 I'm a grumpy SOB Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Frostbite Falls, MN Posts: 10,520	WE buy about a dozen a month. I work really FUBAR'd hours this time of year so, they're a quick, easy alternative. Oh, Beef for me, is the wife's favorite.

11-14-2018, 08:00 AM	#5
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,305	We still eat them. Haven't had a Banquet brand one in a very long time. Hell I have a long list of cheap food from my youth I still eat. One thing I use to eat with my dad that I have not had in 40 years is potted meat.

11-14-2018, 09:17 AM	#6
REDOAK Intelligent Posterior Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,711	It's nice to hear someone say 'supper' other than me.

11-15-2018, 05:35 PM	#10
ashhoe Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 441	I make them a lot and freeze them. Not from scratch though. I get the small aluminum tins, frozen pie crusts and cans of potatoes and peas/carrots. Cook some chicken in the dutch oven and make a gravy. Add what you prefer like potatoes and peas and carrots. I use the pie tin to pattern the top crust (2 per pie crust) and use the scraps to line the bottoms. Ladle it in, throw a top on and crimp it with a fork. Bake it hot and fast like that or freeze them and bake a little lower and longer when thawed. Last time I made them I think I made around 50. A close friend of me and my female companion was hit bad by cancer and we helped feed her family while they dealt with it. My son ate the majority though, he's literally a big block food engine. Food in, feces out and he moves forward. Me and the lady friend had our fair share too.

11-15-2018, 07:23 PM	#11
BBill Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Indy Posts: 8,058	Marie Callender make good ones.

11-17-2018, 02:22 PM	#14
Stalky Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 8,076	True on the Marie Callander. Great stuff.