A Unique Chicken Pot Pie from 1823 |Food History| American "Parsley Pie"

This "Parsley Pie" bares a resemblance to what we'd now call chicken pot pie. Is this the great, great, great grandpa to the dish that we all love? Let's see how to make it and if it's any good!
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[@EarlyAmerican]

Want to taste a recipe from 200 years ago? At the end of the video you will see an image of the original recipe (or receipt as they used to be called) as it appeared in, "American Domestic Cookery" all those years ago. I have translated it into modern directions for you to enjoy ^_^ please make it and let me know what you think! Thank you for watching. Parsley Pie, 1823 1 chicken, cooked 0.5 cups of chicken broth 2 cups of parsley, picked from its stem 0.5 cups of spinach, shreaded 2 pie crusts 0.5 cups of cream 1 cup of milk 1 walnut size ball of butter 1 tablespoon of flour Salt & pepper to taste Directions: Combine your parsley, spinach, milk, salt and pepper into a cooking pot. While frequently stirring bring it to a simmer over your heat and then immidetly remove. In a large bowl shread your cooked chicken. Into this bowl pour in the scalded greens and milk that you just prepared. To this also add the chicken broth. Mix throughly, being sure to taste it to see if it needs anymore salt or pepper. Line the edges of a pie plate with crust and begin to spoon in the chicken filling. Cover your pie with a top crust that has had a hole cut out of the top. Restore the plug to this hole while baking, however. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes, or until the crust is done. Remove from your oven and remove the top crust plug. Through this hole slowly pour in the following: 0.5 cups of cream + a melted ball of butter rolled in flour. Carefully tilt the pie plate around and around to let this sauce incorperate. Enjoy!

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This looks wonderful - I might let the sauce thicken a bit more or the pie sit longer so it is less watery, but that is probably a modern idea! Your pastry always looks amazing...I need to practice.

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It would be 19th century, actually.

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This is a lot different from the 2023 version in which you add 2 cups of left-over chicken to a can of condensed cream of chicken soup, stir in 1/2 a pkg of frozen peas and carrots, and bake in a pre-made pastry for 30 minutes. Two hundred years ago, they really had to WORK for every meal. 😋

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I use vegall and top with rolled out cerescent rolls !! It's so good but bet Justine's receipt is better cooked in a hearth !!

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If that isn’t a great example of how society advanced in the wrong direction.. so much unnecessary chemicals in that stuff. I’m really glad that I live in a country where most of those food chemicals are forbidden and that I live in the countryside where I can get lots of regional products and meats directly from the farm :) Also a Self cooked meal is often even cheaper then the stuff you buy at the store. There must be places in America where this is possible too!

[@lesterstone8595]

@@rolux4853 Yes, the chicken stock, flour, and cornstarch might react with the peas and carrots or the flour, lard, and salt in the pastry, all of which were available in the 1800s. Those dangerous chemicals are delicious, but not as safe as having to slaughter your own chicken and risking salmonella poisoning like in the 1800s. 🤣

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I would never think to put parsley and spinach in a chicken pot pie, but this one looks absolutely amazing ❤️!!

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Just finished this, I added all-purpose flour instead of bread flour and my dough was really sticky, but it still turned out really delicious!!

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Chicken pot pie has been a favorite of mine for a long time, interesting that they used parsley and spinach in theirs. It does look good though, probably not as heavy as the modern one today. Thanks Justine for another great video!

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Look forward to Wednesday so I can watch you cook! The pot pie looked very good totally different from what we fix today.. I watch your channel first then switch over to see Ron's where you eat it. Love ❤ these channels!

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What a delicious parsley pie. Thank you for the recipe, Justine.

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This does look really good I must say.. Next time I'm out ill get a chicken and make it.. Never thought about spinach in a chicken pie before, but I like spinach..

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that pie looked delicious.

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I could see this being made from leftover roasted chicken, too. Very simple receipt but it looks delicious.👍😍😍

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How do you decide whether the meal goes in the Dutch oven or the outside oven.?

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I love this different approach on a pot pie. Perfect for summer. ❤

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