/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Marie Calienders is actually one of the more solid microwavable foods you can buy

Those pot pies are nothing different from any brand I've tried, though, and they're too small to actually be considered a decent meal.

I get bothered that most people haven't tried chocolate pudding besides some snack pack though

>>4653916

I remember some scandal from a couple of years ago where food critics were invited to a "gourmet night" and were served Marie Calienders frozen food under the guise of it being, well, not that.

Yeah, they could tell the difference. ConAgra had to backtrack something awful from that.

>>4653958
I can't believe they even tried. People buy this shit because it's quick and easy. There is most definitely a difference in taste and texture, and any fool that's had real food will be able to point out the different dishes blindfolded.

>Marie Calanders? AMIRITE? So good...
>Yes pot pie is the bomb. Smokey thinks so too.

I bet the only pot pie they ever had was that shit

>>4653916
That looks like shit. This is a real pie.

We need some UKfags in here to tell us stories about the delicious meat pies from their country.

pot pie = chicken + carrots + peas + beshchamel sauce covered with puff pastry

am I missing something here?

>>4654312
Meat, veg, and sauce all may vary. That's the idea, though.

>>4654345

Except pork pies, which are just pork and jelly.

>>4654106
Watch some Hairy Bikers, as someone from the south of England (pies are a northern thing) they literally got me into pies.

"The recipe looks good. I have never poached chicken before. How do I do that?"
You're fucking kidding...

>>4654373
>Hairy Bikers
Oh god this show is so great. I actually found it quite by accident looking for info on the American version of Hairy Bikers (also was a neat show).

>dat Geordie accent

>>4655237
>American version of Hairy Bikers

>>4654080
Pudding>pie

>>4655237
After youtubing this I now know that America will steal absolutely anything.

>>4653958
walmart just did that with their premium steaks and it worked

>>4655521
That's because, for the most part, a steak is a steak. Great Value-brand granulated sugar is no worse than Imperial, either.

honestly, yeah.. grocery store pot pies is all I've ever had. I've had some good ones, some bad ones. Some microwave ones, some oven ones..

As of late I've been stocking up on Sausage and gravy pot pies for breakfast.. pic related. Just toss one in the microwave when I wake up.

as an australian, where meat pies are very common, i admit ive only ever had shitty mrs macs frozen ones or ones bought from a chain like jester's pies.

they're pretty terrible

I live in the North of England, and every Saturday after rehersal with my brass band, I walk down to the local bakery and buy a proper, fresh pie. Generally cheese and onion, but sometimes meat and potato or a butter one.

Last week they had a 2 for 1 offer on, so I bought 4.

At my last job we used to live out of hotels and I'd usually eat Marie Calenders pot pies. They're not too bad.

My mom makes a really good homemade one, though.

>>4655521
Didn't they just try that with random people instead of critics?

>>4655537
damn I wish I could find those in the stores around here.

>>4655537
You could half ass some biscuits and gravy. Tube of biscuits in the oven, zip lock will keep for a few days and microwaving them covered in gravy brings them back to life. Pound of ground spiced pork (beef will do), water or milk along with pic related and there you go. Half-assed but still likely much better than banquet. Thinking of banquet meals gives me the shivers. I loved them as a fat little kid when my mom was hurt on the job but just in a way that she couldn't work and couldn't sue.