Chinese What?
Christine at work was just relating tales of a friend who's a picky eater. She'd been out at dinner with him and they'd wound up at an Italian place because Mr. Picky wouldn't eat such exotics as Chinese, or sushi, or Mexican. But it was apparently not a white-bread Italian place. It was Mr. Picky's first experience of restaurants serving olive bread. After very gingerly and suspiciously trying a little piece, he declared that this was the first time he'd ever tasted an olive. "How could anyone get to adulthood without ever tasting an olive?!? But he's French-Canadian," she explained. On the first family expedition to a Chinese restaurant, Mr. Picky's younger brother had apparently been very excited until he saw the menu: "Where's the Chinese pie? There's no Chinese pie," cried that outraged youth.
And here's me, thinking I'm fairly a fairly cosmopolitan sort, but clearly no better off than Mr. Picky. I had never even heard of Chinese pie.
Lo, friends, for your edification and horror, courtesy of Google:
Chinese Pie
1 to 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
3/4 cup diced bell pepper, green and red if possible
3/4 cup diced onion
1 package dry brown gravy mix
4 to 6 medium red or round white potatoes, diced, about 4 cups
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 15 ounce can whole kernel corn, drained or 2 cups frozen
1 15 ounce can creamed corn
salt and pepper to taste
Brown ground beef with diced peppers and onion. Drain well. Place ground beef mixture in crockpot. Toss diced potato with melted butter to coat and add to crockpot; add whole kernel corn and creamed corn. Salt and pepper to taste. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours. Taste and adjust seasonings. Serves 4 to 6.
Alternately, so that you can at least maybe see where the "pie" comes in:
Pâté Chinois (Chinese Pie):
Sometimes known as shepherd's pie, is a simple dish made from layered minced meat on the bottom, corn (either kernel corn or creamed corn) and mashed potatoes on top. While Quebecers do not use ketchup as frequently as their southern American neighbours, Chinese Pie is most often topped with some of it just before eating.
Personally, I think the Chinese should sue Quebec for libel.
And here's me, thinking I'm fairly a fairly cosmopolitan sort, but clearly no better off than Mr. Picky. I had never even heard of Chinese pie.
Lo, friends, for your edification and horror, courtesy of Google:
Chinese Pie
1 to 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
3/4 cup diced bell pepper, green and red if possible
3/4 cup diced onion
1 package dry brown gravy mix
4 to 6 medium red or round white potatoes, diced, about 4 cups
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 15 ounce can whole kernel corn, drained or 2 cups frozen
1 15 ounce can creamed corn
salt and pepper to taste
Brown ground beef with diced peppers and onion. Drain well. Place ground beef mixture in crockpot. Toss diced potato with melted butter to coat and add to crockpot; add whole kernel corn and creamed corn. Salt and pepper to taste. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours. Taste and adjust seasonings. Serves 4 to 6.
Alternately, so that you can at least maybe see where the "pie" comes in:
Pâté Chinois (Chinese Pie):
Sometimes known as shepherd's pie, is a simple dish made from layered minced meat on the bottom, corn (either kernel corn or creamed corn) and mashed potatoes on top. While Quebecers do not use ketchup as frequently as their southern American neighbours, Chinese Pie is most often topped with some of it just before eating.
Personally, I think the Chinese should sue Quebec for libel.