Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:41:20 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Boron Elgar > wrote:
>>> I'd rather have one without a bottom crust. The top crust gets some
>>> flaky crunch to it.
>>>
>>> Boron
>>
>> In theory. :-/
>
> Did you cut steam vents? Can't say that it would have prevented all
> the chicken lava from flowing, though.
>
> And I now crave chicken pot pie. I haven't had one since I was a kid
> and Swanson wasn't made from 50% fat and 50% sodium.
>
> Marie's is good?

When I make that kind of pie, I use a pastry funnel:

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/pie-funnel...F/product/7647

The pastry doesn't get soggy and the filling stays inside the pie