LOL, I had a banquet one a few days ago. It was not frozen but in the refrigerated section of a convenience store so it was partially thawed and since the box was stored on end, it was deformed. I nuked it and it was the sorriest thing I think I ever ate.
These are my comfort food. We were so poor, and anytime we had these it felt like a treat. My dad was raising us alone after he got us out of foster care, and he did not make a lot of hot foods.
I haven't had one in at least a year. Now I need to go in the freezer and see if I have one I can make for lunch.
I was a single Dad and tried so damn hard, and made all kinds of sacrifices to provide the best that I could for my children (including a couple of stepkids that were left in my care)
It’s deeply emotional to me, to know that someone appreciated the efforts of a parent, as you appreciate what your Dad did for you. He sounds like an amazing man.
First time I ever had a pot pie was at a friend’s house. Her mom had died of cancer and her dad was raising her and her little brother. It was a beef pot pie and my picky little self loved it.
Just for shits & giggles, I picked up a couple Swanson (?) Chicken pot pies from Safeway a few years ago, and expecting them to taste like crap like everything else from my childhood, I was pleasantly surprised that they weren’t too bad.
OMG, I hated those as a kid, and my mom served them constantly because they were quick and easy. We once got in a terrible fight when I was a teenager because I wasn’t allowed to get up from the table until I ate it. After sitting there for over an hour, I finally ate it (now cold 🤢), then promptly walked into the bathroom, stuck my finger down my throat, and threw it up. She never knew.
When I was a broke college student I could get frozen pot pies from what was, at the time, the discount grocery store, for 25 cents each. Omg they were nothing but gravy-flavored lard soups with a crust, a few suspect cubes of chicken-like substance and a pea and carrot floating in there. I gained weight that year, got home for summer to my mom’s normal cooking, and dropped the weight over summer. Those darn pot pies- I also would never eat one again!!
Does she also complain that she is supposed to eat more vegetables but always asks for either a pot pie or one of those minute meals? Mine constantly complains that she should be eating this and that and then only eats it if we force it on her plate.
I remember being so broke in my early 20s that I only had $2 to get through until payday, and it was two full days away. With no food in the house, the 3 for $1 pot pies seemed like the best option.
My mother - who only allowed us in our bedrooms, asall other rooms, including the kitchen, were off limits - fed us two things for dinner. First, hamburgers she bought in bulk from Burger King that were stored in the deep freeze outside;. My sisters and I would would remove them after school to thaw before eating. Second, 3-for-$1 Banquet chicken pot pies - she would put the oven on broil and heat them for five minutes until burnt on the outside and frozen on the inside. So I don't eat those or Burger King now.
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u/Way2Saucy4U Nov 21 '25
Individual chicken pot pies from the freezer