aerophin replied to your post: Me Meme
Ooh Ireland! So exciting! Also, what do you mean by /proper/ chicken pot pie?
Can of worms: open. All right, let me learn you a thing.
When most people think of chicken pot pie, they think of something like this:
Warm, delicious, nourishing, and yes, it is indeed a pie. I enjoy these, don’t get me wrong. Here’s the thing: a Pennsylvania Dutch person, like me, knows that this is not really chicken pot pie. To us, this is a meat pie.
“Proper” chicken pot pie is a soup.
Much better. See, “pot pie” is actually not what this is called. The original PA Dutch term is bott boi, which refers to a hearty soup or stew made with whatever meat the family had on hand - chicken, turkey, game, etc. You would put it in a pot with some vegetables and noodles and voila, bott boi. It was created as a way to use up leftovers and is somewhat analogous to southern chicken and dumplings.
But Lady, I can hear someone asking, isn’t that just chicken noodle soup? Well, no. And yes. Chicken noodle soup usually has a translucent broth made from chicken stock. Bott boi is specifically a cream-based soup. So it’s a bit more like cream of chicken noodle soup. But it’s really its own thing. The phrase bott boi has gotten mangled through the common tongue and turned into pot pie. Well, it is made in a pot and it does resemble the filling of a meat pie, so I guess that’s the reason.
Anyway, there you are. That’s my favorite food. @thequeenbeegeek often requests it when she visits - she calls it “Momma Weasley soup,” which is probably a better name anyway. ;)
Thank you for the question, darling!
