HOT WATER Desperation Pie | HARD TIMES -- recipes from times of scarcity

This hot #waterpie recipe was sent to my by Lovely Marjorie whose grandmother made it during the Great Depression. Thanks so much for sharing, Marjorie! 😇 New videos every Thursday and Saturday 8 pm EST.
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[@masonkane5884]

Hard times tip: Don't throw the wrapper from the stick of butter away. Put them in your freezer and use them when you need to grease a pan.

[@whitetrashdarkheart]

Fact!

[@heyyhellohannah]

Woah thank you lol

[@rustyshackleford5553]

Boris top tip

[@cyberspaceout]

Hard times PRO TIP 😉

[@beepIL]

This guy students

[@Button-Pop]

Flour? Sugar? Eggs? Butter? These people have more in their pantry during The Depression than I do now.

[@ivanfeher6110]

You speak the truth, my friend. Where I come from, desperation meant you would feed your whole family by making a soup with nothing else but oil, water, an egg and bread crumbs...

[@cbullen87]

@@ivanfeher6110 my god, where are you getting your eggs from???

[@tacokoneko]

yes, this pie is really an egg pie.

[@milkpastasoup8960]

@@cbullen87 they would of had their own chickens because it probably was cheaper. Plus towards the end of the chickens life you would get free chicken meat as well.

[@sjakierulez]

@@milkpastasoup8960 would of had? really?

[@MG-bt2xs]

Is there a reason KZbin’s algorithm is showing me so many “hard time” recipe videos lately

[@isabellamiller33]

M G me too!!

[@bhyung737]

foreshadowing the upcoming apocalypse

[@gabsters9833]

Foreshadowing the apocalypse from the up and coming recession

[@GlamourCat1920]

I’m getting a lot too

[@itsgiuliaaaa]

Cuz you keep watching them 😂

[@tukitaki6936]

Where I'm from desperation meal is a bowl of rice and salt

[@jlinus7251]

Yeah we just have boiled rice in the water broth. And that was like a small cup worth too.

[@almightychris6038]

tapasee deb you’re cool

[@markpetricevic3368]

Also is a meal wherever you're from

[@pepsicxla]

For me it's soy sauce and rice. Sometimes an egg. It tastes rly good tho

[@Gizmex]

same but in a different way. i’m not poor or anything but i do have depression, and for some reason whenever i’m sad i like to eat rice. i always put salt in my rice. wack

[@Mzmissy215]

Was anyone else just expecting a pie shell filled w/ water?

[@Mzmissy215]

Oh good...31 other people besides me so far lol

[@ValeriePallaoro]

@@Mzmissy215 You are pin-point accurate .. this is not a pie of desperation .. all those eggs, flour, sugar, butter???? Ohmygiddyaunt!!

[@KL-gg5sb]

I expected this, you're not alone

[@CallieMasters5000]

*filled with tap water, of course

[@melissag8270]

I was thinking it would be just water and sugar 😂

[@yummyapplestroodle]

that's exactly how I like my hot water. As a pie

[@voidremoved]

U should put a slice of pie in a teabag and try your pie as a hot water! I have this for dessert after I enjoy my hotdog water.

[@icantthinkofaname15]

@@voidremoved lol what

[@icantthinkofaname15]

Lol

[@thenever4907]

Haaaa!

[@amy.lynn.d]

this had no business making me laugh that hard

[@jimmorgan21]

Nothing like water pie after you've had your toast soup.

[@alexanderbolton]

Next week is rice salad with icecube sorbet or something over desperate

[@lulu4825]

Alexander Bolton il water sugar smoothie and grass salad

[@carih1481]

Wiener water soup

[@wendygold8527]

Yummmm

[@Towngirl412]

My husband's boss grew up eating "bread soup" and still eats it for nostalgia. Butter a piece of bread, sprinkle sugar and put it in a bowl and pour milk over it. 🤷‍♀️

[@jayazarcon1802]

*_beats the devil out of the butter_*

[@jeanaantoine5014]

Why isnt this getting more likes?! 😂

[@kissthegogoat]

i thought it said brother i-

[@nowonmetube]

You got the idea from the "she's like Bob Ross" comment 😂

[@kykysmith446]

That's what happens to animals that we consume.

[@meepmoop4335]

@@kykysmith446 you a vegan / vegetarian?

[@marjoriemiller7820]

I'm glad you loved my grandmother's pie! I knew you would give it your honest opinion!

[@marjoriemiller7820]

@@Wetyute You are correct, she did not come up with the recipe. I did not say she came up with the recipe.

[@MrTankFodder]

And how do you know that her grandmother didn't tweak the recipe at all? Even a gram or so difference of any ingredient and bam, original recipe for Granny. Even if she changed nothing and that was the recipe she used it's now her recipe of choice a.k.a. Granny's recipe for pie. Don't be such a pedantic wanker.

[@shookqueens7081]

Linda Finch you’re the one that got you panties in a bunch trying to play inspector gadget to sniff out if her grandmother was the originator if this recipe. Stop being a bitch

[@shookqueens7081]

Linda Finch you first

[@ashleeyking8649]

Linda Finch what the heck

[@brandnewty]

You are like the bob ross of cooking. Don't forget to make two, every pie needs a friend.

[@Chimera_Photography]

“Every happy little pie needs a friend”

[@ah-ss7he]

Lmfaooo love it ❤

[@logik316]

Happy little flutes...

[@MissFlexy98]

Yes! Couldn't have said it better :D

[@PennyParkerTV]

Why did I picture one of the pies crying as the other gets cut and served? 😅😩

[@zelmarombado2662]

There was some kind of vibe I was getting, but I couldn’t quite discern what it was.... then i realized; she reminded me of VELMA from Scooby Doo !! Humble, Nerdy, and Quirky Velma :) socute

[@MJ-op4kt]

Zelma Rombado Omfg you’re right :O

[@mel-lt9or]

Velma rhymes with ur name, Zelma LOL 😆

[@itsgiuliaaaa]

The orange shirt helps 😂

[@sineadiloveyou]

Except Emmy is so pretty

[@learninggreek501]

YES SO RIGHT

[@Phaezek4]

In the UK we just call this an egg custard tart. The only difference is that we sprinkle nutmeg on top before baking.

[@lol-ro2kl]

do we?

[@ruben3937]

@@lol-ro2kl yeah? It's just a custard tart x

[@nowonmetube]

nutneg

[@christina8898]

Nutneg.

[@nowonmetube]

@@christina8898no nut November

[@RollerFoxx]

Emmy has no time for the room temp butter nonsense

[@nataliamarcadella946]

Tightrope typically pie crust is made with all cold ingredients including butter 😊😊

[@spiltink_2732]

Natalia Marcadella she meant for the pie FILLING at 6:57

[@HeadHunter697]

A great way to get room temp butter quicker is to place it about a foot away from a heater. If it's too close it will melt so be careful.

[@jean-pierredavids9456]

@@HeadHunter697 Or you can just heat up a glass bowl in the microwave and place it upside down over the butter for about 10 minutes

[@narutoisthebestevaaa]

the butter owed emmy lunch money

[@andrewwhitehead8448]

Shikki fujin is that a Food Wishes reference there??

[@binkybinkles]

😂😂😂😂

[@jillianwatts471]

Am I the only one who busted out laughing when she started banging on that butter 😂her facial expression killed me

[@KingMarMar98]

No you're not the only one i burst out laughing at my doctors appointment watching her do that

[@jillianwatts471]

Mounia Ouachani lol yesss 😂❣️

[@nowonmetube]

"Am I the onl-" _slaps face_ yes!

[@learninggreek501]

Me 😂

[@jofegan6396]

I’m the butter and Emmy is life

[@KendraleeeMendoza]

Jofegan639 this deserves more likes.

[@jofegan6396]

Mc Kenna 😂😂 Thankyou for appreciating it,a real G

[@b.c.2281]

Too real, lol

[@missluciddreams3472]

True 😁

[@donettegibson]

Lol. Yes! 🤣

[@maritown]

there is this channel called English Heritage and they have a series called the "Victorian way", they have recipes from victorian times. it would be amazing if you could maybe try one of the recipes

[@Maeglin7936]

I adore Mrs. Crocromb.

[@zingerbear27]

I would love to see Emmy try one of those or one of the Townsends 18th century recipes.

[@philrichards8823]

That would be a good idea I would love to see that

[@irmawatifebriani8459]

Townsends and son also have a lot of interesting recipes.

[@BrittanyYoungxDuckie]

Ooh. I need to check that out!

[@kmom1441]

Another odd pie from the Depression era is a Pinto Bean pie that tastes like pecan pie. There are a lot of versions, but basically put you make a flour crust, then the filing a can of pinto beans (or about 1/2 cups cooked pinto beans, a cup of brown sugar, 1/2 a stick of butter, 2-3 eggs, a few pinches each of Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Clove and a dash of vanilla, put the mixture into an unbaked pie and bake at 350 degrees for an hour.

[@corvus1374]

I worked with a lady who brought in a pinto bean cake one time. It was like a spice cake.

[@GhostCharacter]

I always wonder why there aren't more Western dessert recipes with beans, when East Asian red bean sweets are so delicious! Seems like they do exist, they just aren't so popular anymore.

[@nowisee8309]

Evlboy Lots of people had chickens or even a cow. Those that didnt would often barter for these items. My great gma spoke of this. 😄

[@SwitchelSweets]

K Sprowl broke as a joke right now, will give this recipe a shot for thanksgiving! Thanks!

[@susanlinginfelter706]

@@evlfck, most people who could afford to make a pie lived on a farm and they had chickens and cows so there was a supply of butter and eggs........my grandparents lived through the depression and they ate well because they did live on a farm and had animals for food and a garden for vegetables. On the occasion when they wanted a pie the only things that were missing were the sugar and flour. My grandparents used cane syrup for sweetening because they grew cane on the farm and used it to make syrup. This was actually one of the ways they made a few extra dollars. They made cane syrup which they sold for 25 cents per 1/2 gallon.....so there were ways to eat well even though there was not a lot of money.

[@fatherlouiswilliamsugaadams]

Nobody: Me: *says a curse word* My mom: 7:46 Edit: Y’all, thank you for the likes!! 💜💕

[@ertfgghhhh]

I died laughing

[@salamiz.9227]

😂😂😂

[@victoriamadz7412]

:0

[@gardensnailll]

😆😆😆😆😂

[@GlamourCat1920]

I’m WEAK!!!

[@macdaddy5191]

I make this all the time. I add cinnamon, cardamom, garam masala, allspice, cloves and ginger to it though. It also doesn't hurt if you replace the water with milk. I usually replace half a cup with milk just for a creamier pie. It's not bad at all with just water though, I've made it like that several times. Thanks for the vid Emmy.

[@blackswan5034]

Your Indian right

[@macdaddy5191]

@@blackswan5034 I’m white, I just like flavor

[@blackswan5034]

@@macdaddy5191 oh lol 🤣 I feel silly now

[@bubblegumplastic]

No matter how many years I've been watching your channel, I always find myself captivated because it's continuously evolving in a fresh and interesting direction. My point is, this series is delightful. As are all your series! I hope you travel the world someday and take us on even more adventures, once your kids are a little older.

[@fineboi911]

What did the butter ever do to you lol hahah

[@bubblegumplastic]

@@fineboi911 lol! It knows

[@emmymade]

Thanks so much for sticking with me through the years. And yes, I too would love to travel more and now that the rugrats are bigger, we'll be doing more family adventuring. 💕

[@bubblegumplastic]

@@emmymade that's so exciting! 😊 can't wait to see what else you have in store for us. This is Céline who sent you the Belgium package, by the way. I'm explicitly stating it since I'm assuming you can't possibly remember everyone's usernames.

[@bubblegumplastic]

@UCasqe6IOJNQkWp777xfssUQ That's really cool ☺️

[@cecilelebleu5984]

This is so weird! I live in a tropical country, so having access to butter and eggs but not fruits is really strange. It's really interesting how foods in scarcity are so different in different places. At times when my money management and income were really inconsistent and I had not a dime, I could rarely afford eggs and even less butter, but I could usually afford fruits and sugar and some flour. I would put a fruit in the oven with some sugar on top (bananas, apples, oranges, plantains, pineapple, whatever). I would also make some of the most basic crepes ever, which are actually not too bad: You take an empty bottle, add equal amounts of flour and water, add some sugar or salt or whatever you have on hand, maybe cinnamon, shake the bottle and make the crepes on a hot pan with a little bit of oil or pam or butter or anything. Then, I placed the baked fruit in the crepe, and there's dessert.

[@satan9487]

Same If you're out of money where I live then you're better off buying fruits/veggies/eggs/whole wheat flour.

[@jessicah3450]

I think they used lard or tallow in pie crust back then. That’s how my grandmother made it. It made it tender and flaky. Butter has always been an expensive ingredient. These foods in the US are now subsidized by the government while fruits and vegetables usually are not.

[@erinistryingherbest]

Where do you live? In my country that is also tropical,butter is really expensive

[@lawrencescales9864]

@@jessicah3450 also back when this pie was eaten per made food was not much of a thing like it is today (that really happened after WW2) and many people still lived on farms. So ingredients like eggs or butter, at least a bit or used once in a while for a treat, would be less expensive

[@letadonohoo3367]

I've been searching for this recipe for years. My husbands grandmother made this for them and no one had the recipe. Can't wait to make it. Thank you for sharing.

[@JuanCruz-un9jy]

The fact that Emmy has a "bludgeon stick" freaks me out.

[@Mayakran]

Juanito El Oso I have an actual police “night stick” I could use for this 🤔

[@whitestguyuknow]

@@Mayakran a baton

[@rockiton04]

My great-grandmother used to make whipped cream pie during the Great Depression. She would bake a pie crust then mix heavy cream, vanilla extract, and sugar into a heavy cream. After she was done she would put the filling in the crust and serve it. My grandmother still makes it every Christmas for my grandfather. It’s one of my favorites ☺️

[@eurediceiyland3361]

Kerrie Elizabeth sounds really good ! 😳

[@rrrrmcg408]

That sounds really good!

[@johexxkitten]

My Mamar (Maternal Grandmother) used to make "Rabbit Pie" her mother used to make it during WWII, It was a recipe the family loved. I'll ask around the family to see whether anyone still has her cookbooks. Mamar had Notebooks Full of her family handed down recipes. These books were promised to me, but I never saw them again after she passed away. Despite its name, this pie contained no rabbit, or meat. It was made using vegetable peelings. Just about every peel except onion could be used, but those were boiled to make a dye/stain. It could be used for fabric and clothing, or it could be used to dye hair or it was used as a "tan" that made it look like they were wearing stockings. The main veg and most popular were potato an carrot (hence the rabbit) peels. My family were very lucky, we had a homestead/farm. So we had our own fruit trees and grandad could grow anything. He was so beyond a green thumb, he was green through n through. We we always had plenty fruits & veggies, we had chickens so we always had eggs and from time to time we would have one "for the pot" or we actually would eat the wild rabbits grandad had caught trying to eat our veggies. Later I remember us even having a couple of goats, pigs, cows and 4 sheep, we even had our own bees. So every year during the days of rationing my grandmother made jam using the berries that were abundant on our land... My grandparents gave them every year as Christmas gifts. I really hope one of my aunt's has her books. If we locate them, I'll send you some of the recipes to try. These will all be English Recipes. Grandad would harvest everything when ready, and Mamar preserved what she could. If she couldn't we kept what we could eat, the rest grandad went around the village with. Many years later, he was in his 80s and I'd come home from work to find a bag hooked over my door handle, it would be a bag full of fruit n veg. I missed that so much when he passed.

[@AllOtherNamesTaken]

What an interesting story and very pleasantly told! Thank you so much for sharing. :)

[@jadanrae]

Now everyone knows your family... O boy

[@tabethaw5144]

Sounds like a lovely childhood ❤️❤️ thank you for sharing

[@ketameanii]

i appreciate this comment 🥰

[@jerkfudgewater147]

TLDR... take some fucking Ritalin

[@ikon8275]

"This honey don't got time for that!" Emmie is hilarious, she is such a little star

[@charlesiehorton2239]

Made it just now and as I’m letting it cool, IM DROOLING!! Don’t pass up making this pie cause it’s EASY and DELICIOUS!

[@nightshadekelly]

"Two peices of what ever paper you've got" IMA USE MY MATH HOMEWORK

[@kamiiu]

😂😂😂

[@pyro6426]

I shall use my unfinished, unchecked art homework!

[@kittenmimi5326]

@@pyro6426 you might get more credit for turning in the pie lol

[@harveythepooka]

This shouldn't be called a desperation pie, it should be called "I ran out of milk" pie.

[@LC-le9ew]

harveythepooka 😂

[@liwiathan]

Hahahahahah

[@soroh0062255]

Milk goes bad very quickly, so milk itself usually wasn't rationed out. But butter and cheese last way longer, and as such most milk was turned into products with longer shelf lives (and actually a higher callory count because of all the fats) and then rationed out to the hungry masses. This meant they had butter and cheese, but no milk. Recipes that required milk or cream (custard, for example) had to be adapted like this to work.

[@Boredchinchilla]

soroh0062255 there was canned (evaporated) milk, powdered milk, and condensed milk....

[@Rose-jz6sx]

Right?? Eggs, sugar, butter. I find it hard to believe that those were readily available but not milk

[@junenewton598]

Disclaimer: *no butter was harmed in the making of this video*

[@tigohbitties9774]

LIES

[@elena_._xd]

justin Newton 1:37 you lier pour butter 🧈

[@missluciddreams3472]

Oh, that butter was very harmed...lol 😂

[@stillstormie7222]

The hell it wasn't!! 😨

[@prizegotti]

"I like really deep flutes in my pie." My brain: "This one time, at Band Camp..."

[@dazaisonlyfans]

Uh-

[@mako3271]

Hey, it's better than what I was thinking. 😏

[@CJhasgoneidle]

This reminds me of my granny and her chess pie. During the depression, they would make chess pie as a treat and she passed her original recipe on to me. Now that she's passed, having a slice of her classic chess pie always makes it feel like she's close.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

Isn't chess pie simply Water pie with some cornmeal thrown in? And what about Shoofly pie, water pie with molasses? Yum yum... A bit of whatever you haven't run out of yet.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

Have you covered the wonderful world of bread crumbs/croutons/stale bread? What a wild culinary category to leap into!

[@RoseDelightful]

I've seen some people wondering how this could be considered a hard times recipe with so much butter, especially since the milk is replaced with mostly water and butter instead. Before WWII, milk was seen mostly as an ingredient and a meal, not necessarily a beverage to be had with a meal because the dairy industry exploded for ration production and all the American milk advertisements are still going because of it, not because milk is healthy because it really isn't healthy as a regular beverage. A rural family probably would've replaced a lot of what they couldn't eat with milk in order to get more calories and nutrition and would still make butter from the cream. Mixing butter and water can create a sort of milk substitute that has enough fat to create a pleasant taste without having to sacrifice the nutritional value of the milk itself. Essentially, the recipe was created to stretch the usage of one ingredient as much as possible for special occasions without having to lose its value as food.

[@kalinnavyacheslavovna2760]

Milk would have also gone bad way before butter would so it would make sense for them to do it that way instead since they could stretch it out for a longer period of time. I actually add a bit of butter and coconut oil to my coffee because it makes it so much richer and adds to the density slightly. Added bonus is that it fills you up as well.

[@laum5371]

Thanks for the explanation, in my country we have a dessert like this that uses cheese and sour cream, that can be expensive but it was made to extend the life of this products, since it was used when it was about to go bad. We kind of reuse cheese, since we don't have Europe's cheese culture and they don't last that long. It gives a sour taste and is delicious

[@drd6893]

Plus, she was supposed to use lard. Not so much cheese

[@laum5371]

@@drd6893 hi, I don't know if you are responding to what I said, but when I mentioned the cheese it was in reference of a recipe we use in my country in Latin America, it does not have to with Emy's recipe. I say it because we make the recipe to avoid wasting cheese,in case it goes bad

[@Sushfoo]

Ah! I see now.

[@jcolon2479]

my grandmother used to make this all the time but it was called egg pie :)

[@lindibaxley9705]

egg pie is what I grew up with too! it's very similar if not the same as this

[@krystalklearit7254]

Me too...egg pie

[@leocao2833]

“This shouldn’t be so hard to open, BUT IT IS” People like Emmy just exude comedy

[@tippib2222]

♫ I like deep flutes on my homemade pie / You other bakers can't deny ♪

[@jaydollYtube]

Tippi B Hahahaha......you are so clever, now I'm not gonna get that song(the original one) out of my head. 😀❤

[@tabathafeucht3513]

Tippi B Why did I sing this?🧐

[@HaloInverse]

When a pie bakes up with a crenellated crimp and a golden flaky crust I GET SPRUNG

[@In_time]

Tippi B omg stop 🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆

[@kevinandangelal7172]

I'm not the only one who thought of this! YESSS!!

[@TheWidgetWizard]

Bless you for sharing that pie crust method. This boy has been roughing it making his great grandmas crust by hand, and let me say it is great but too much effort for 2018.

[@fanfaretloudest]

We're going to use things that they had during the Great Depression. Okay, now take out your food processor... "WAT"

[@Chibiibot]

She got it from the thrift store for $10 so I'd say, kinda accurate

[@rangimariepoona4484]

FanfareT.Loudest exactly what I thought lol

[@bruisedviolets]

chibiibot people might not have $10 to spare, & plus. they didn’t have food processors in the Great Depression

[@yopawpaw7408]

Miriam Eilish YOU DONT SAY?

[@theragingplatypus4743]

She said you could use forks. The concept is the recipe, not every utensil. She could have fired up a kerosene lantern too.

[@lineavictoria2631]

These recipies are still amazing for poor/broke people in modern times and societies! Super helpful, simple and keeps you alive ❤️ Thank you!

[@the1andonlytrav]

Emmy, try taking a drinking glass and pour almost boiling water inside. Wait about 30 seconds and pour the water out. Put the stick of butter inside and invert it on the counter. The warm glass will create an environment to soften the butter in no time!

[@rds7516]

I literally read it as "HOT WATER Despacito Pie" I need to leave this website

[@lilith5865]

I love you

[@emisthem6562]

Me: Alexa, I'm feeling sad... Alexa: NOW PLAYING DESPERATION PIE

[@tabathafeucht3513]

RᴀɪɴDᴇᴠᴏᴜʀ Despretcito, ain’t got no milk so we using watarito.... 🥛

[@alana3265]

Great, now i'm craving some of my mother's homemade Despacito Pie

[@NemoUberKitty]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. U MADE ME LAUGH.

[@azazelgrey2022]

This is the first time I've ever seen someone who knows what a Hoosier pie is! My family claims they invented the original recipe :)

[@ren-hw1dx]

*me, grabbing a baseball bat, ready to beat my butter* my mother: why are you like this

[@danceshimmyshake12]

A super cut of every time Emmy has trouble opening her food processor

[@emmoohoo]

And she's hugging the whole damn thing 😂

[@andrewthezeppo]

Mine is newer and my struggle is puting the bowl on, lid opens fine but lining everything up so that it will secure and turn on is a struggle

[@ARTSIEBECCA]

I'm so happy that you taught me how to make such a simple pie crust. My friend's son has a lot of allergies and I wasn't sure if I could find a premade pie crust that wasn't made in a factory with nuts and soy. I'm making a apple pie for Thanksgiving.

[@inmydarkesthour2278]

Colpa sua sicuramente...

[@veel9492]

How cool!!

[@darniataylor7749]

I've been using that crust recipe for years and it never fails. It's delicious too!

[@MeganDinerman]

As an allergy mom, making stuff from scratch can bridge the gap when there is otherwise a LOT of cross contamination from allergens!

[@ItsFlawlesss]

You can aven try replacing the butter with coconut oil if he is lactose intolerant. That's what I do and it turns out great.

[@L0u3llaPUNK]

I laughed more than I should have at the butter trick. "Now you grab your beatin' stick to bludgeon it..."

[@marijascekic3886]

"Get yourself something to bludgen with!" 😄

[@richeyrich]

we were so poor we didn't have hot water....we had whatever temperature it was at the waterhole pie...

[@Galiant2010]

First you dehydrate some water. Then you pulverize it into a powder, then you mix it together with water to create the dough for the crust...

[@SunnyBunnii871]

it's basically just a huge egg tart then

[@JohnA...]

that is what I was thinking, something like a sweet egg custard... doesn't seem like it was overly "cheap" to the point where you couldn't add something else for filling, similar to how the ritz crackers would probably be about as expensive as just getting apples.

[@Silentgrace11]

I guess it all depends on what resources you had access to. Given that the person who made the recipe readily used eggs and butter, I wouldn't be surprised if they had a farm still, or at least a few animals. It could also be a recipe more from the beginning of the Depression rather than towards the middle or end of it, when it would be much harder to acquire those ingredients. In fact, due to the necessitating of butter without any milk (like she would if she had a dairy cow), I'm inclined to say she probably used margarine in the original recipe. My nana used to tell memories of them getting rations of margarine or lard, and they were given a little orange tablet to crumble into it to give it more of a yellowy color like butter might have. Could have easily had a few chickens for the eggs, though (and this was probably saved for a special occasion).

[@memorandom7484]

Yeah, it's a tart not a pie too.

[@TheLoopyTiger]

Yeah, I was confused as to how this was a water pie when to my it seems like a plain ol' custard tart.

[@JackTse]

yup, I enjoy the channel but every so often she has a weird episode. I’m not mad at this episode but it doesn’t live up to the billing - she should have made some of the other ones she mentioned or just said I want to make a gigantic Chinese egg custard thingy

[@brookevcookie]

i love how Emmy has to practically hug the food processor to open it

[@devolutionone]

Growing up we were so poor that my mother would beat us up and make salt from our tears.

[@twocheeky]

devolutionone * 💀💀💀

[@lblake5653]

I should not giggle but that is some stand up comic ish...

[@givernymiedema6036]

@@bernicedavenport1142 someone's a bit cranky

[@somegrill7561]

😭😭✋

[@somegrill7561]

bernice davenport cry about it 😐

[@chuckychuck8318]

I don't know if a recipe that requires as much butter can be considered a hard times recipe over here. I mean butter is quite expensive.

[@sarabeth641]

To be fair, it's a dessert, probably for special occasions

[@havootu]

Seriously!!! I was just saying this!!! Lol... I didnt know the difference between margarine and butter till I was an adult lol... With my grandma it was either those cheap margarine sticks or crisco lol

[@darellgrant8753]

Yes butter was ALWAYS expensive. Dairy in general is...

[@JaysWife]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@be.A.b]

Yeah you might as well make a regular custard pie and it would be cheaper. I really think this should be called a butter pie. Water pie makes it sound anemic and all that butter probably makes for a very rich pie.

[@AliciaHernandez-hv4nb]

Butter pie. In depression times I'm thinking there was no desserts. I was ready for a gelatinous water filling....mmm tasty

[@pansonfire1511]

There were absolutely desserts. This is an authentic depression-era recipe. Check out depression recipes, like green tomato pie, icebox cookies, rice pudding, potato brownies, mock apple pie.

[@markpetricevic3368]

Families made the most of the situation the world was in

[@nowonmetube]

You're wrong

[@markpetricevic3368]

Of course i am wrong

[@nowonmetube]

@@markpetricevic3368 who was talking to you 🤦‍♂️

[@ArtsyBaker24]

This whole hard times playlist is about to get real popular during quarantine

[@maeannengo4908]

Hi from 2024. How are things going?

[@lizlalove6171]

There's so much beauty in simplicity. It just goes to show that you don't have to throw the kitchen sink into everything and that some recipes taste better with a more rustic flair. Everyone was on relief during the Depression so I'm sure that everyone had these basics in the house. I'll betcha this pie is one of the best things ever. Silky, crusty fabulousness.

[@skyemacallister1306]

All that butter, sugar, eggs, etc.? I couldn't afford to make this now!

[@Adnilas]

Skye MacAllister But you have an internet connection and a device to use it on.... Interesting...

[@skyemacallister1306]

@@Adnilas ?

[@applesong01]

@@Adnilas public library

[@elliotville7820]

Well most of us lived in urban areas, so unless you own/have access to a farm, you're screwed.

[@lolanya00]

@@Adnilas Literally any place you go now have free wifi.

[@leshaariel4921]

Better than having sleep for dinner which I’ve had to do a few times #growinguppoor

[@davidsandlin9686]

Lovely Lilax yeah drink a huge glass of water and go to bed. The water keeps the hunger pains from waking you up.

[@davidsandlin9686]

X X You must have been missing quite a few meals. That only happened to me if I was like super starving.

[@annanicholson5309]

That sucks

[@KittenAtheDisco]

Girl I feel this. I grew up way below the poverty line. I only ate the free school lunches. We were often SOL for dinner and weekends.

[@imsuffering6939]

I had to do that for the majority of my young life, but when it stop was when I turned 13.we've been good so far. Because child support and both me and my mother get disability. Thank god.

[@NicoleSenaEvans]

“This shouldn’t be so hard to open, but it is“ the deadpan humor gets me every time😂one of Emmy’s funniest lines! This is my go to pie crust! I will never use another! Love you Emmy! Thank you🙏🏻❤️

[@chapina1492]

Oh my geez!! When she started beating the butter...I lost it! 😂😂😂 I love watching her! She's the ONLY person that has ever inspired me to bake and try out new fruits. 😊

[@river7874]

Awesome recipe. Thank you for sharing it. If you don't have a food processor like me, I like to grate the cold butter on a cheese grater(The larger holes), and then use forks to finish the process. It takes less time to break down in the flour, and it gets a really good pebbly texture. I do biscuits and pie crust that way.

[@rooney3303]

I was going through all of the comments to find out if someone had mentioned this tip. Good for you!

[@meganmcgowan5798]

Ditto! That's how I do mine!

[@allhumansarejusthuman.5776]

Thank you for the tip

[@alien6815]

A common struggle Mexican recipe is white rice with thick sour cream and cotija cheese. Something I ate a lot growing up when we were short on food. It’s really simple but it tastes really good and is very filling.

[@be.A.b]

My first generation Mexican-American cousins grew up eating tortillas con mayonesa as a struggle snack. I‘m a generation younger so thankfully I never had to be subjected to that lol.

[@alien6815]

Be yeah I’m first generation, sometimes we would just eat tortillas with salt as a snack.

[@be.A.b]

I will say tho that my grandma somehow tricked me into thinking that a piece of lechuga con sal was a delectable snack lol

[@t.o.4251]

Okay so while I'm not Mexican in the slightest I am glad to see that lettuce and salt is truly the universal struggle food. It was my dad's favorite snack.

[@brixperez3951]

It is curious how a struggle ingredient in this pie are butter and eggs... "Our" struggle ingredients are sal y tortillas. Thank God those things were not a part of my childhood at all. Viva México

[@takouhiejensen6205]

It's the descriptions. Nobody, and I mean nobody gives a description like Emmy. Such a pleasure to listen to her videos.

[@andrea-2359]

Captions say “get to the ducky moss” when she takes a bite

[@CorruptedStevenWormyBoi]

Yep.

[@CorruptedStevenWormyBoi]

Lmfao

[@glitterfartsss]

Lmao that's so cute 😅

[@Luckydeath973]

Flutes, crenelations, pleads, crimp are all words i never heard before, thanks for the involuntary vocabulary lesson xd.

[@itsneil8581]

😂😂😂

[@paulamcdonald8905]

Luckydeath 973 One of the words you listed was "plead." It's actually supposed to be "pleat", as in making pleated shapes all around the edge of the pie crust, using the tucked-under dough. Turns out beautiful! Looks almost professional.

[@festusbojangles7027]

read a book for once in your life bruv

[@martiniontherocks4026]

"Flutes". Flutes is good. Good with the "flutes". Go Emmy.

[@ashxx9579]

7:44 this made me laugh so hard, i love how she says beat the butter and then just proceeds to hit a stick of butter like it's the most normal thing

[@ashxx9579]

8:28 is even better omg

[@4missmarti]

What a great way to roll out pie dough. So neat and clean with the wax paper. No messy flour and cutting board to wash up. Even the rolling pin stays clean. Great tip. Thank you. I'm glad i watched.

[@fishsquishguy1833]

Love these old school recipes and the fact you’re exposing a new generation to some really cool food! No other way to truly relive history than preparing and eating something they would have done back then in my opinion!

[@RobnBeck10]

Wow! More like butter pie!

[@nowonmetube]

More like custard 🍮 or 3 sticks of butter pie

[@JazzFlop212]

Seeing you murder that butter was hilarious

[@anitasamuels4594]

roger smith But oddly satisfying 🤔

[@marim9487]

What part is it

[@twilight1973able]

@@marim9487 7:33 for Butter murder by bludgeoning

[@katec2975]

I needed this wholesome content. Love this channel. Prefect for relaxing before bed.

[@kyliebuddy4652]

“Let our all your aggression on your butter “you and me both lol 😂

[@extendedpinky]

my grandma made this we called it chess pie it's still to this day my fav pie ever !

[@saulypoly]

To soften you butter you can also take a mug and fill it with water , microwave it until the water is boiling , place your cold butter standing up vertically, throw the boiling water out of the mug, flip the mug onto the butter so it covers it and let stand there and it should be softened in no time

[@queenofmemes2859]

Saul R lol so I'm not the only one who does that

[@CallieMasters5000]

Just use a hairdryer.

[@SeraphsRose]

Seems like a lot more effort than just murdering the butter

[@heathertaylor8904]

I'm just crazy enjoying your channel. What a refreshing fun different kind of cooking channel! There's comedy, education, fun, drama, inspiration, and most importantly, bringing attention to the plights of poor people/times/countries, what truly hard times are, and how it can be dealt with.

[@TR-sf5vj]

Dear Emmy, finding your content more relevant now that times of scarcity are upon us again, thanks for the videos!

[@chelswats3614]

You've got an amazing personality!! The quirky goofball things you say has always got me cracking up!! You're so beautiful too! By far my favorite youtuber. You're such a sweet soul Emmy!!

[@Mark_Nadams]

@emmymadeinjapan - Nice easy recipe. A couple of tips from an older cook: The cooks of that era didn't spell out all the steps that are required but they left us clues as to what to do. When they call for the ingredients to be "creamed" that implies, as you wisely realized, softened butter. However it also implies an order. If the recipe was hand written by them or on an original card it should be done in the order the ingredients are listed. If the recipe was transferred by a third party or you are not sure then use the general rule of thumb - soften the butter first, then mix in the sugar to evenly distribute, then mix in the eggs (that's when it gets creamy), then lastly add whatever liquid or other ingredients are used. Otherwise, as you found out, the butter doesn't mix in well 8:32 and takes forever to get the butter lumps small. Luckily the recipe called for boiling water and melted the butter so the mix was nice and smooth for the pour. If this had been a standard custard recipe with just room temp milk you may have had to get the emulsion blender out to fix the butter lumps for a smooth custard. Your crust will do better if you brush it with an egg wash and then allow to chill. It will help seal the bottom to stay flaky and won't allow it to soak up the filling. You said you like bigger flutes in your crust but smaller flutes will tend not to collapse so easily. I think the watery filling was too much for the big uncooked flutes to stay unsupported during the baking. You can fix that with the pre-bake as you suggested but the whole point of the pie is quick, easy, and delicious.

[@tiffanyl2208]

Oh God

[@itsokaytobeclownpilled5937]

I don't think American cuisine is part of her culture. It was nice of you to share that tip.

[@somecho]

Emmy is american

[@itsokaytobeclownpilled5937]

Samuel Cho Ha ha ha Ha ha ha Breath Ha ha ha Ha ha ha Only whites are Americans. Not Asians or sh-tholers.

[@pansonfire1511]

@@itsokaytobeclownpilled5937 Is that a really bad joke or actual racism? Hard to tell.

[@grimmquinn2003]

*"Hide your kids, hide your knives, hide your dustpans, cause we got, a butter beatest, in this kitchen."*

[@frequentfiler]

This series of recipes and cooking for times of food scarcity are awesome! I'm very afraid we will need these with the coming cold climate. Keep it up!

[@dongarza4289]

Mmm butter ... still requesting Mexican sweet breads ... conchas ... or those piggy cookies those are my 2 favorites

[@CynBH]

I miss marranitos! As for conchas, Rick Bayless had a recipe up for a while. 😊

[@dongarza4289]

@@CynBH thanks ...i will check into that . If they had a panaderia here ... I'd live there lol

[@CynBH]

@@dongarza4289 There's one about 40 minutes away from us, but we're rarely near it during business hours. They're sold out and close by about 1 or 2 in the afternoon. In south Texas, there were so many you could pick your favorite. 😕

[@CynBH]

@@dongarza4289 www.rickbayless.com/recipe/mexican-sweet-bread/ (there's a video too)

[@chemicallyboundtogether7324]

@@dongarza4289 i live in mexico and i can barely find a panaderia! they're all either cafes or pastelerias, i only just saw one the other day and i have no idea if its good or not, it's times like these where i wish i lived in a bigger city

[@wolfbentley7492]

I am carried back to my Mamie's kitchen.....me a 7 yr old looking up to Mamie making a pie crust. Making this water pie. Which I dearly loved. Thank you for sharing this.

[@Nemo0279]

Emmy: "this is how I quickly soften butter." Me: ready for some super scientific trick Emmy: proceeds to beat the heck outta a stick of butter. I didnt see that coming 😂

[@rehanrassi9410]

You are so amazing! I really enjoy your channel! Thanks for all your hard work

[@raym1477]

You could say... *puts on sunglasses* ...we're in hot water now YEEAAAHHHH!!!!!

[@noellecannon1411]

Hahahaha

[@anitasamuels4594]

😎 Ok Caruso

[@k.g.donathan6271]

👏👏👏

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Ray Martinez 😂 this is comedy gold

[@chefboyardee8542]

"Would you like some water?" "I'd love some pie"

[@777butterscotch]

Emmy that crust looks great!!! Seems so easy!! I will try it!!

[@peggyreid6836]

"Get the ducky malls." Love your videos. Lately I anticipate the end so I can see what captions my phone will spill out. Greetings from North Carolina.

[@tiffanyharris-santos6408]

I wasnt expecting to laugh so hard at you beating the butter with the rolling pin. I found it absolutely hilarious

[@fauno3428]

You should try thyme soup, a recipe from Catalonia, Spain. It's very cheap and delicious! Search for "sopa de tomillo" or "sopa de farigola". Salut. Take care, BYEE!

[@saraawilder]

Emmy! I am absolutely hooked on your videos! You are so much fun to watch, you are a little weird and I LOVE IT! You share the best recipes and I can't wait to try this pie and the English muffins. Thank you!❤️

[@Elensila2718]

So, Emmy, I like you and your videos so much that I always watch the ads so you can get some revenue. Thanks for being so awesome!

[@ladyshadow79]

My Hot Water Pie is in the oven now! This is the first time I have ever made my own pie crust and I am so excited!!! You explained it in a way that was easy to follow along.. I can't wait to try it and share it with my family. Thank you so much for this and All of your videos... Much Love and Respect and Blessings from North Carolina, Stacy

[@TruthificationChronicles]

From Indiana: Sugar Cream Pie. Grandma made it all the time. My favorite!

[@smoothkid765]

I was gonna say. I'm a Hoosier and I've never heard of a Hoosier Milk PIe. Then I realilzed she meant sugar cream.

[@bludrgn10]

So glad a Hoosier commented this, I was just scrolling hoping someone had already so I didn't have to

[@lilliansue9679]

I was so confused lmao

[@autumnlynnxox]

Love your videos! Fascinating!

[@TheSciencepanda]

My family lives in rural Montana. This was a staple then because cream from a local creamery was cheap. And butter was almost considered a waste product so relatively inexpensive. Sugar cane then was a staple crop and relatively easy to come by. Especially if a bag got wet and couldn't be sold at market.

[@drd6893]

i was listening to a North Korean defector tell his story. He talked alot about always being hungry, and how they didn't have much, but always had vinegar. He mentioned that, viniger pie! I wondered what it was, n

[@ethelnewberry151]

My mother used to make Vinegar pie...and so did I years ago...they are pretty good. I also make Vinegar and honey tea from time to time, either hot or iced. It's good for when you're bored. LOL!!!

[@sonniepronounceds-au-ni9287]

You can make alcohol out of almost any kitchen scrap. If you can make alcohol, then you can make vinegar. All you need is bacteria. White distilled vinegar is made from ethanol. Ethanol is made from whatever is cheapest to make it out of from corn to sugar beats to potatoes to petroleum (outside of western countries). Vinegar is very versatile. It can sanitize and clean, get rust off of metal, preserve food through pickling, make cheese, and kill weeds.

[@joepaul1814]

This is why you are such an amazing teacher

[@kimshaffner4576]

I love all your vids! I'm thankful you are on you tube. Ill always watch your vids!!!!!!!

[@ahwhwhshwhs]

Love love love this series, so important 💛