Due to an alarming lack of food for cats and for humans, I was forced to schlep over to the grocery store yesterday. While perusing the aisles of my local Associated, I spied something I never thought possible - PA Dutch "Chicken Pot Pie" in a can!
Let me explain. In South Central Pennsylvania, "Chicken Pot Pie" doesn't refer to those frozen things you buy at the grocery store and bake in the over. Pot Pie is a thick stew (no crust whatsoever) made with homemade square noodles. Some people still use the archaic German name for this delicacy: "Bot Boi" - which refers to stew or noodles or somesuch. But at my house, we called it "NOM NOM NOM NOM..."
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| Authentic "Pot Pie" image via The Google |
Honestly, I never realized it even came in a can - I've only ever had it homemade. But canned is as close as I can get right now - so it'll just have to do. And the kitties better not even THINK of trying to get any.
UPDATE: Not too bad at all!!! The dumplings/noodles were wide and thick, and the "broth" was a nice consistency and overall it had an authentic taste. So glad I found this!
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7 comments:
I didn't know that and my partner is from Central PA
Wonder Man - Ask him about REAL Chicken Pot Pie - I guarantee that he'll know what I'm talking about.
XOXOXOXO
Did the canned version live up as advertised?
I'll bet the kitties came running when they heard the can opener!!
i make something akin to that called chicken dinner in the crockpot, sans the noodles-
enjoy your nom nom nom nom nom nom !!!!
xxalainaxx
Oh my goodness, David, I had no idea pot pie came in a can! Pot pie or slippery dumpling dinners are a big fundraising thing in western Maryland, which is just across the Potomac from where I live. But I know what you mean - you describe chicken pot pie to someone who isn't from here and they look at you cross-eyed. Hope it lived up to your expectations and that you are feeling better.
XOXOXO
And you thought our milk in bags was weird..lol..
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