On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 12:54:37 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 12:06:05 PM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 10:05:16 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 12:32:22 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 3:24:00 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 8:58:30 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > > > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > > > > > ...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 12:16:40 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > > > > On 2016-10-10 4:07 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 8:59:06 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > You will have some difficulty if you keep taking my posts literally.
> > > > > > > > I know the difference between pie crust and dumplings. My point is
> > > > > > > > that dumplings go only on the top but a pie should have a top and
> > > > > > > > bottom crust. Some people feel that calling it a "pot pie" gives them
> > > > > > > > license to do a job halfway. I suppose that it does but I hope I
> > > > > > > > never become one of those people.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I made the mistake of Googling pot pie. According to that source, a pot
> > > > > > > pie is a type of knish with a top crust. An Pennsylvania pot pie is a
> > > > > > > stew with no crust at all. I had to look up knish, and that is nothing
> > > > > > > like any kind of pot pie I have ever had.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > FWIW, my mother used to occasionally buy frozen (Swanson?) pot pies, and
> > > > > > > they always had a top and bottom crust. There were bakeries around here
> > > > > > > that make meat pies, with top and bottom crust. My wife makes a lot of
> > > > > > > excellent meat pies, but she makes them with just a top crust..
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I did not realize that this was some kind of sanctimonious healthy
> > > > > > > > livin' food group and that I was to be judged by that criteria. Hoo
> > > > > > > > boy!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I like pie pastry, but I have had to learn to avoid it because it is so
> > > > > > > high in carbs and fat. It really. Pie pastry is basically two parts
> > > > > > > flour (high carb) and one part shortening.... fat.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm eating such a concoction as I type this. It's good eats! I don't
> > > > > > believe
> > > > > > that I'll be wanting to live that much longer.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ======================
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Things are called differently in different places. Just don't mention
> > > > > > that
> > > > > > here or you will get a nasty mouthful.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
> > > > >
> > > > > Some peoples is too inflexible with words. They're quite adamant in this
> > > > > group but I love the richness and diversity of language. What I call a
> > > > > "crescent wrench" could be called a "monkey wrench" by some old coot on the
> > > > > mainland. It might be called a "gas grip" or my favorite, "adjustable
> > > > > spanner" in garages in the UK. "Garage" has a somewhat different meaning in
> > > > > the UK than here. Arguing about the definitions of words is a waste of my
> > > > > time - up with which, I shall not put.
> > > > >
> > > > > ==================
> > > > >
> > > > > <g> We all have our own way of defining things. If some don't like it ...
> > > > > too bad! I have seen a lot of different descriptions here and I have never
> > > > > moaned about it. Vive la difference! What a bland old world it would be if
> > > > > we all had to conform. Anyway, who says they ought not to conform by OUR
> > > > > ways??? ;p
> > > > >
> > > > > I am still mystified as to what I did wrong. So far as I remember, all I
> > > > > said that had learned the term 'pot pie' here and that we just call them
> > > > > pies!!! Oh well, c'est la vie err innit?
> > > > >
> > > > > I can't say I care much)))
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway, WE had English first .................
> > > > >
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> > > > > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
> > > >
> > > > For the present circumstance, I have no objection to calling a thing
> > > > a pot pie, whether it has one or two crusts. I am, in fact, following
> > > > common usage in this. It's dsi1 who insists that a pot pie have
> > > > two crusts.
> > > >
> > > > Cindy Hamilton
> > >
> > > Please get your facts straight. I never said that a pot pie has to have two crusts. I've never said that a pot pie has to be anything.
> >
> > Actually, you said it right at the top of the post I'm replying to.
> > Take a look.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> I don't see that at all. I said that pies should have a top and bottom crust but conceded that a "pot pie" could have only one crust. Evidently you've mistaken "could" for "should." That's another problem with words, people always read what they want to believe. Your obsession with the definition of "pot pie" is kinda creeping me out. Please cease and desist.

> > > > > > > a pie should have a top and
> > > > > > > bottom crust. Some people feel that calling it a "pot pie" gives them
> > > > > > > license to do a job halfway. I suppose that it does but I hope I
> > > > > > > never become one of those people.

Looks to me like you said "should". Right there in the first line
that I copied and pasted from the top of this post.

Cindy Hamilton