I like a pot pie from time to time but don't like the prices of good frozen
pie shells - like 2 for $3.50 or so IIRC. Discouraging! Are home-made pie
shells hard to make? I have somewhere. perhaps here, gotten the idea that
they are.

TIA


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"KenK" > wrote in message
...
> I like a pot pie from time to time but don't like the prices of good
> frozen
> pie shells - like 2 for $3.50 or so IIRC. Discouraging! Are home-made pie
> shells hard to make? I have somewhere. perhaps here, gotten the idea that
> they are.

Yes it is very easy. Treat it gently and keep it cold.


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On 1/14/2014 12:33 PM, KenK wrote:
> I like a pot pie from time to time but don't like the prices of good frozen
> pie shells - like 2 for $3.50 or so IIRC. Discouraging! Are home-made pie
> shells hard to make? I have somewhere. perhaps here, gotten the idea that
> they are.
>
> TIA
>
>
That depends on whether or not you're comfortable with preparing and
rolling out pie crust dough and gently fitting it into pie pans. I'm
not one of those people.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/14/2014 12:33 PM, KenK wrote:
>> I like a pot pie from time to time but don't like the prices of good
>> frozen
>> pie shells - like 2 for $3.50 or so IIRC. Discouraging! Are home-made pie
>> shells hard to make? I have somewhere. perhaps here, gotten the idea that
>> they are.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
> That depends on whether or not you're comfortable with preparing and
> rolling out pie crust dough and gently fitting it into pie pans. I'm not
> one of those people.
>
> Jill

Me either.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 1/14/2014 12:33 PM, KenK wrote:
>>> I like a pot pie from time to time but don't like the prices of good
>>> frozen
>>> pie shells - like 2 for $3.50 or so IIRC. Discouraging! Are home-made
>>> pie
>>> shells hard to make? I have somewhere. perhaps here, gotten the idea
>>> that
>>> they are.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>>
>> That depends on whether or not you're comfortable with preparing and
>> rolling out pie crust dough and gently fitting it into pie pans. I'm not
>> one of those people.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Me either.

Pah easy peasy) Actually I don't have a lot of choice I made one only
last week when eldest granddaughter was here (the chicken and mushroom one)
it is a favourite of hers

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On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:57:27 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
> made one only
> last week when eldest granddaughter was here (the chicken and mushroom one)
> it is a favourite of hers

Please post what you do, I won't ask for a recipe because I won't
follow it anyway.


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"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:57:27 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> made one only
>> last week when eldest granddaughter was here (the chicken and mushroom
>> one)
>> it is a favourite of hers
>
> Please post what you do, I won't ask for a recipe because I won't
> follow it anyway.

Not sure what you mean ... what I do! No point in telling you what I use
or how I cook it if you won't follow it anyway.


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sf wrote:
>
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:57:27 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > made one only
> > last week when eldest granddaughter was here (the chicken and mushroom one)
> > it is a favourite of hers
>
> Please post what you do, I won't ask for a recipe because I won't
> follow it anyway.

I think she already posted what she did. When someone tells me a
"good" recipe, if it sounds doable, I always make it exactly as the
recipe says the first time. If I want to make it again, I might make a
few personal changes.

G.

On 2014-01-14 22:57:27 +0000, Ophelia said:

> Pah easy peasy) Actually I don't have a lot of choice I made one
> only last week when eldest granddaughter was here (the chicken and
> mushroom one) it is a favourite of hers

Most things done often are, eventually, done well. Not all things, but
things one intends to do well. If one make a lot of pies, chances are
one does well. If one only makes a couple, likely it doesn't work out
perfectly.

Quoth Tennessee Williams: "Don't write a play! Write plays!"

"gtr" > wrote in message news:2014011510162665004-xxx@yyyzzz...
> On 2014-01-14 22:57:27 +0000, Ophelia said:
>
>> Pah easy peasy) Actually I don't have a lot of choice I made one
>> only last week when eldest granddaughter was here (the chicken and
>> mushroom one) it is a favourite of hers
>
> Most things done often are, eventually, done well. Not all things, but
> things one intends to do well. If one make a lot of pies, chances are
> one does well. If one only makes a couple, likely it doesn't work out
> perfectly.
>
> Quoth Tennessee Williams: "Don't write a play! Write plays!"

I don't make pies often either, but how can I turn down a request

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In article <2014011510162665004-xxx@yyyzzz>, says...
>
> On 2014-01-14 22:57:27 +0000, Ophelia said:
>
> > Pah easy peasy) Actually I don't have a lot of choice I made one
> > only last week when eldest granddaughter was here (the chicken and
> > mushroom one) it is a favourite of hers
>
> Most things done often are, eventually, done well.

Which does not mean that doing it well is at all difficult,
mysterious, or complicated.

Making a good pie shell is as easy as making good coffee or gravy.

Janet UK

The poster could make an oil pastry which you just pat into the pan...no need to roll out or be gentle fitting it in.

N.

Nancy2 > wrote in
:

> The poster could make an oil pastry which you just pat into the
> pan...no need to roll out or be gentle fitting it in.
>
> N.
>

Could you please tell me a bit more about this? I'm not familar with these.
I'll try _Joy of Cooking_ later perhaps when I'm off line.

Since I posted I checked _Joy_ and discovered the startling amount of
shortening, butter, etc. in regular pie crust. I had no idea!


Thanks.


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On 17 Jan 2014 17:43:01 GMT, KenK > wrote:

> Since I posted I checked _Joy_ and discovered the startling amount of
> shortening, butter, etc. in regular pie crust. I had no idea!

That's why they taste so good, Ken!


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"KenK" > wrote in message
...
>I like a pot pie from time to time but don't like the prices of good frozen
> pie shells - like 2 for $3.50 or so IIRC. Discouraging! Are home-made pie
> shells hard to make? I have somewhere. perhaps here, gotten the idea that
> they are.


Not at all hard to make. Just follow simple rules; use ice water, use a
pastry tool or fork that will break up the flour/fat into pea sized bits,
don't overmix - just pull everything together into a tight ball then roll
out. Keep your hands out of it as the colder it is the more flakey and
tender the crust will be.




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In article >,
says...
>
> I like a pot pie from time to time but don't like the prices of good frozen
> pie shells - like 2 for $3.50 or so IIRC. Discouraging! Are home-made pie
> shells hard to make? I have somewhere. perhaps here, gotten the idea that
> they are.

They are dead easy to make from scratch and look/taste a million times
better than shop-bought.

Janet UK

On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:33:02 AM UTC-8, KenK wrote:
> I like a pot pie from time to time but don't like the prices of good frozen
>
> pie shells - like 2 for $3.50 or so IIRC. Discouraging! Are home-made pie
>
> shells hard to make? I have somewhere. perhaps here, gotten the idea that
>
> they are.
>
>
>
> TIA
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> "Where there's smoke there's toast!" Anon

Yes, they are very hard to make...just go to Denny's an order a pot pie and be done with it.

On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:41:26 -0800 (PST), Chemo
> wrote:

> On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:33:02 AM UTC-8, KenK wrote:
> > I like a pot pie from time to time but don't like the prices of good frozen
> >
> > pie shells - like 2 for $3.50 or so IIRC. Discouraging! Are home-made pie
> >
> > shells hard to make? I have somewhere. perhaps here, gotten the idea that
> >
> > they are.
> >

>
> Yes, they are very hard to make...just go to Denny's an order a pot pie and be done with it.

If you'd said Marie Callender's, my BS meter wouldn't have gone off
like it just did.


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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:41:26 -0800 (PST), Chemo
> > wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:33:02 AM UTC-8, KenK wrote:
>> > I like a pot pie from time to time but don't like the prices of good
>> > frozen
>> >
>> > pie shells - like 2 for $3.50 or so IIRC. Discouraging! Are home-made
>> > pie
>> >
>> > shells hard to make? I have somewhere. perhaps here, gotten the idea
>> > that
>> >
>> > they are.
>> >
>
>>
>> Yes, they are very hard to make...just go to Denny's an order a pot pie
>> and be done with it.
>
> If you'd said Marie Callender's, my BS meter wouldn't have gone off
> like it just did.

Denny's used to sell pies. Not sure if they do now or not. Perhaps by the
slice but I don't recall the pie case like they used to have.

On 1/15/2014 4:48 AM, Julie Bove wrote:

>>> Yes, they are very hard to make...just go to Denny's an order a pot
>>> pie and be done with it.
>>
>> If you'd said Marie Callender's, my BS meter wouldn't have gone off
>> like it just did.
>
> Denny's used to sell pies. Not sure if they do now or not. Perhaps by
> the slice but I don't recall the pie case like they used to have.

The pies showcased and sold by Denny's aren't even close to a pot pie.
Village Inn still sells whole pies (not sure about by the slice) and not
a single one of those would be even close to a pot pie. They're all
dessert pies.

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On 2014-01-15 07:39:44 +0000, sf said:

>> Yes, they are very hard to make...just go to Denny's an order a pot pie
>> and be done with it.
>
> If you'd said Marie Callender's, my BS meter wouldn't have gone off
> like it just did.

I think I mentioned that a couple of weeks ago I wanted a pot pie real
bad. This, after some 10 years or so without one. We got one at
regionally significant Polly's Pies. It sucked SO very large. Crust was
fine but the contents were dried-out, overcooked, tasted of nothing in
particular except a little too much salt.

I've heard folks speak lovingly of Marie Callender's food, but most of
it seems to have been distant memories from the 70's. I've never been.
I loved those frozen pot pies when I was a kid. I bet I'd hate them now.

There is the regionally important La Palma Chicken Pie Shop run by the
same crew since the 50's. Hungarian, I think. Everything there is not
particularly good--except the pot pies.

On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:23:51 -0800, gtr > wrote:

> I've heard folks speak lovingly of Marie Callender's food, but most of
> it seems to have been distant memories from the 70's. I've never been.
> I loved those frozen pot pies when I was a kid. I bet I'd hate them now.

I'll let you in on a little secret (come closer so I can whisper this
in your ear)... Marie Callender's wasn't very good in the '70s either.

My husband raved and raved about it (I think he liked it because he
liked the company he was with). I finally went and it was one of
those Red Lobster moments where you take a bite and wonder how they
can charge so much for that cr*p - but people raved and went back for
more. Whaaaat?
>
> There is the regionally important La Palma Chicken Pie Shop run by the
> same crew since the 50's. Hungarian, I think. Everything there is not
> particularly good--except the pot pies.

At least they have a redeeming quality. I probably would have given
up on them before I found something I liked.


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On 14 Jan 2014 17:33:02 GMT, KenK > wrote:

> I like a pot pie from time to time but don't like the prices of good frozen
> pie shells - like 2 for $3.50 or so IIRC. Discouraging! Are home-made pie
> shells hard to make? I have somewhere. perhaps here, gotten the idea that
> they are.
>
> TIA

If you have a food processor, they're "as easy as pie"!


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