Monday, I cooked the other half of the turkey pot pie that I made after Thanksgiving. It had been frozen in a glass pan, all ready to go, after a suitable interval from eating the first turkey pot pie. I gotta say, that pot pie was delicious! So we were looking forward to it when I set out the frozen portion to thaw for Monday night's supper.
As with the last pot pie in its rectangular glass dish, I let Hick cut the first portion and serve himself. I gave him the exact same instructions:
"We'll have this for three nights. So we'll divide it into six portions. Don't cut it all now, or it will leak out. Just the first two will be fine."
I expected Hick to be able to follow such simple directions. After all, he'd done it before, barely a month prior. Imagine my shock when I returned to the kitchen, and saw that Hick had made one long slice down the middle, and three slices across!
"Why did you do THAT? It looks like you first cut it in half down the middle, then cut the two long halves in half, and then one of those halves into fourths!"
"Yeah. I noticed that."
"We have two giant portions left for the last night, and four small ones for tonight and tomorrow! AND it's already leaking out from under the crust."
"It'll be fine. Take more if you want."
"Well, I only have half a bowl. But to cut it more would mean more cuts for the filling to leak out from under. I can't believe you did that."
No reply from Hick. Apparently he COULD believe that he did that. This is the man who cuts boards and drywall to renovate cheap houses! How can he not cut a pot pie into six equal portions???
The good thing is... that pot pie is still delicious.
This is the pie that Hick cut.
This is the crust,
On top of the pie that Hick cut.
This is the turkey,
Under the crust,
On top of the pie that Hick cut.
This is the carrot/pea/potato,
Around the turkey,
Under the crust,
On top of the pie that Hick cut.
This is the soup/sour cream/minced garlic,
Binding the carrot/pea/potato,
Around the turkey,
Under the crust,
On top of the pie that Hick cut.
This is our Val,
Who mixed the soup/sour cream/minced garlic,
Binding the carrot/pea/potato,
Around the turkey,
Under the crust,
On top of the pie that Hick cut.
This is the talking-to,
Dished out by our Val,
Who mixed the soup/sour cream/minced garlic,
Binding the carrot/pea/potato,
Around the turkey,
Under the crust,
On top of the pie that Hick cut.
Sigh. What's done is done and at least it is still delicious.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's not like I could put it back together. Day 2, and it's still delicious! This time I dipped out Hick's portion, and warmed it for him. Probably his intention all along...
DeleteNext time you need to cut the pie...then hide it under a towel. Then it will be the pie that Val hid.
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh! That'll learn him! Hick likes that turkey pie so much that he suggested I make a HAM pie with the Christmas leftovers. There's a reason Hick's many trades do not include "chef."
DeleteI make amean chicken pot pie, which sounds similar to your gobbler pie.
ReplyDeleteMake sure you slice it yourself if you want it done right! Otherwise, it might be three nights of famine, famine, FEAST.
DeleteSince I opted out of turkey baking by having Thanksgiving at my in-laws and we had ham for Christmas ..... no turkey potpie for us, but hat ham bone will be delicious in my black-eyed peas for New Years day! I froze most of it, but there is enough meat in the fridge for a nice pot of ham and potato soup.
ReplyDeleteI have my ham bone in the freezer, and some ham still in FRIG 2. My plan has been a pot of Great Northern Beans with corn muffins, but Hick dared suggest a HAM POT PIE. I don't think that sounds good...
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