Store-bought chicken pot pie?

MossRoad · Aug 12, 2008

Amontilado said:
Chicken pot-pie is one of those things that doesn't take a gourmet cook to make. The store-bought crusts(Pilsbury) are hard to improve upon. Some left-over roasted chick, a can(10.5oz) of mixed veges and some chicken gravy(good chicken stock thickened with a roux of flour and butter). Very easy to make from scratch using the Sandra Lee philophy (semi-homemade). Can also be done using ground beef/beef gravy. Haven't bought a store bought one in ages.

Steve

Turkey pot pie after Thanksgiving is really good, too.

JDeereman · Aug 13, 2008

curly said:
My wife makes a darn good chicken pot pie...but KFC has a real good one too. Surely ya'll got KFC up in Maine

Believe it or not, kfc had been my initial plan but for some reason the kfc i visited did not carry them. i should have asked if they were just out of stock or not bothering to carry them at all anymore. the impression that i got from their response was that they no longer were going to have them at all. they were not listed on the driveup menu.

Theo

JDeereman · Aug 13, 2008

skipro3 said:
Well, you didn't say you needed it quick...

I bet they would ship it to you frozen. Tell you what, I'll go get the pies, I drive by the place every day, and send them to you, say 10 pounds worth, and you send me Maine Lobster, 10 pounds worth. Even Steven. Wadda ya say?

Ha! you must think i am a very rich (and foolish) man.

Theo

JDeereman · Aug 13, 2008

Amontilado said:
Chicken pot-pie is one of those things that doesn't take a gourmet cook to make. The store-bought crusts(Pilsbury) are hard to improve upon. Some left-over roasted chick, a can(10.5oz) of mixed veges and some chicken gravy(good chicken stock thickened with a roux of flour and butter). Very easy to make from scratch using the Sandra Lee philophy (semi-homemade). Can also be done using ground beef/beef gravy. Haven't bought a store bought one in ages.

Steve

I do not disagree with you steve, but i am an awful chef. a non-chef. that's why i am usually assigned to bring the salads or desserts. they know i can't screw it up. all i have to do is visit a super market, deli or bakery and not drop it in the street. as mentioned above, i was relying on my ability to buy from a place like kfc but they let me down. that option gone, i went with mrs budd from the refrigerated section but it was awful. what a big mistake.

Theo

JDeereman · Aug 13, 2008

MossRoad said:
Turkey pot pie after Thanksgiving is really good, too.

Yes, i would prefer that myself. but its likely i would have had the same problem.

Theo

dmccarty · Aug 13, 2008

Do you have a cafeteria near you? Sometimes they will make things for people to buy to eat at home....

Sounds like you dug yourself a deep hole.

Maybe there is a professional chef in the phone book that can help out? Know someones Mom or Grandma?

I think to fill up the hole you dug you might have to spend some dollars.

Sounds like you need to bring in the big guns.

Good Luck!
Dan

mjarrels · Aug 13, 2008

Dang... 26 post about chicken pot pie and not one mention about TRACTORS that are used to clean out chicken houses!

mark

JDeereman · Aug 13, 2008

dmccarty said:
Do you have a cafeteria near you? Sometimes they will make things for people to buy to eat at home....

Sounds like you dug yourself a deep hole.

Maybe there is a professional chef in the phone book that can help out? Know someones Mom or Grandma?

I think to fill up the hole you dug you might have to spend some dollars. Sounds like you need to bring in the big guns.

Good Luck!
Dan

I think you are dead on right dan. i am not going to get out of this easy or cheap.

Theo

JDeereman · Aug 13, 2008

mjarrels said:
Dang... 26 post about chicken pot pie and not one mention about TRACTORS that are used to clean out chicken houses!

mark

Now don't go getting me in trouble with the moderators. i like to keep my nose clean and follow the rules but i need some serious help here. there has got to be a reasonably pain free way out of my dilemma. just got to figure out who makes the best product out there and bring it next time. after that, never again except for salads and desserts. i promise.

Theo