A Water Pie

 

Although we were poor, as in you get your sister's hand me downs, "what's an allowance?" white bread instead of hamburger bun poor, I can't recall going to bed hungry. My father grew vegetables in his garden, as did my grandmother who lived across the street. I have plants but was never ambitious enough to grow food except for my sweet little pepper plant who gives and gives. I admire people who can grow food. I don't want to continue to be pessimistic regarding our future so let's just consider this post a happy blog about making something tasty out of water. 

I saw this recipe a few years ago from YouTuber, Emmymade-in-Japan. It's called water pie and supposedly was used during the depression era. It does take more than water but I think most of us can do this. The recipe I found is https://www.southernplate.com/water-pie-recipe-from-the-great-depression/

It's the same as what Emmy made. I have not yet made it because I um, actually do not have flour. I do not bake from scratch so the last time I used flour was to make ornaments.

I will try this eventually because everyone who has tried it is surprised by how good it tastes. I'm guessing sugar and butter help. You can substitute water for a can of Sprite. 

The recipe in southernplate calls for store bought pie crust, but that doesn't seem fair. Make your own pie crust. You already have the ingredients.

So, what you will need...

1 1/2 cups of water 

4 tablespoons flour

1 cup of sugar 

2 tablespoons of vanilla extract 

5 tablespoons of butter

Make your pie crust (flour, water, salt, butter?)

Fold rolled out dough into a pie pan

Pour the water into the unbaked pie dough 

Mix flour and sugar and sprinkle around in pan

"Drizzle" vanilla extract 

Add the pats of butter 

Do not mix

Oven at 400 for 30 minutes, then turn down to 375 and bake another 30 minutes. 

The pie will be soggy. Place in refrigerator for at least three hours to chill.

There you have it. I will update this post after I have made one and leave my opinion. 

We're all in this together says my favorite Canadian, Red Green. Let's look for positive moments.