Water pie, depression era pie
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Similar to Shoofly Pie.
INGREDIENTS
Yield:8 servings- 1½cups flour
- ½cup dark brown sugar
- 1teaspoon cinnamon
- ½teaspoon nutmeg
- ⅛teaspoon salt
- ¼pound (1 stick) cold unsalted butter
- ¾cup molasses
- ¾cup boiling water
- ½teaspoon baking soda
- 1single crust pie pastry (see recipe), rolled flat and placed in a 9-inch pie plate
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PREPARATION
- Step 1
Heat oven to 450 degrees. - Step 2
Make the crumb topping: Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together in a bowl. Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter until the consistency resembles cornmeal. - Step 3
Combine molasses, water and baking soda and pour into pastry shell. Spoon the crumb mixture evenly over the top. Bake 15 minutes, lower the heat to 350 degrees and bake 20 minutes longer, or until set and firm.
stone soup anyone?
Some travelers come to a village, carrying nothing more than an empty cooking pot. Upon their arrival, the villagers are unwilling to share any of their food stores with the very hungry travelers. Then the travelers go to a stream and fill the pot with water, drop a large stone in it, and place it over a fire. One of the villagers becomes curious and asks what they are doing. The travelers answer that they are making "stone soup", which tastes wonderful and which they would be delighted to share with the villager, although it still needs a little bit of garnish, which they are missing, to improve the flavor.
The villager, who anticipates enjoying a share of the soup, does not mind parting with a few carrots, so these are added to the soup. Another villager walks by, inquiring about the pot, and the travelers again mention their stone soup which has not yet reached its full potential. More and more villagers walk by, each adding another ingredient, like potatoes, onions, cabbages, peas, celery, tomatoes, sweetcorn, meat (like chicken, pork and beef), milk, butter, salt and pepper. Finally, the stone (being inedible) is removed from the pot, and a delicious and nourishing pot of soup is enjoyed by travelers and villagers alike. Although the travelers have thus tricked the villagers into sharing their food with them, they have successfully transformed it into a tasty meal which they share with the donors.
Some travelers come to a village, carrying nothing more than an empty cooking pot. Upon their arrival, the villagers are unwilling to share any of their food stores with the very hungry travelers. Then the travelers go to a stream and fill the pot with water, drop a large stone in it, and place it over a fire. One of the villagers becomes curious and asks what they are doing. The travelers answer that they are making "stone soup", which tastes wonderful and which they would be delighted to share with the villager, although it still needs a little bit of garnish, which they are missing, to improve the flavor.
The villager, who anticipates enjoying a share of the soup, does not mind parting with a few carrots, so these are added to the soup. Another villager walks by, inquiring about the pot, and the travelers again mention their stone soup which has not yet reached its full potential. More and more villagers walk by, each adding another ingredient, like potatoes, onions, cabbages, peas, celery, tomatoes, sweetcorn, meat (like chicken, pork and beef), milk, butter, salt and pepper. Finally, the stone (being inedible) is removed from the pot, and a delicious and nourishing pot of soup is enjoyed by travelers and villagers alike. Although the travelers have thus tricked the villagers into sharing their food with them, they have successfully transformed it into a tasty meal which they share with the donors.
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I did this as a play with my students. The book, authored by Ann McGovern, is the basic book. I made red jackets and the French hats for 3 students to be soldiers, and aprons for the children who were peasants. Children who played the parts of peasants also found clothing at home that was more peasant like. Easy stuff. We had prepared the vegetables the day before and put it on the stove to cook as soon as I got to school. It was a big pot and fed all the children and their parents.
One mother thought we should have done the play and then made the soup. Right? Because in reality, that is how it should have been done. Peasant children should have all had veggies and come forth with them.
IMHO, if parents are present at school, the children are not well behaved. Imagine supervising 25 children preparing veggies, then cooking the soup. Too much craziness to expect of a teacher to keep everything under control and entertain the parents at the same time. We also used to use bread makers and it was easy for the children to make bread that way.
The children loved the stone soup. There was no meat in it. We had a few families that were vegetarian.
Now back on track. @Frodo, have you ever made this pie?
No I have not , but my wife has
Add some vanilla ex to it
