Water Pie - Great Depression Era Dessert
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- It won't taste like a dessert made primarily of water and you wouldn't be ashamed to serve this to company.
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***Hello, friends. I have done everything I can to give you instructions that will make you successful in preparing this pie. However, there are some that insist on telling others to stir all the ingredients first. I am NOT responsible for the outcome if anyone chooses to stir all the ingredients first. But you do whatever you think you need to. Thank y'all and I hope you have a great day.***
🌸 wow I never knew this existed
I have to give it a try and as beautiful lady suggested I will add bit of cinnamon when adding vanilla 😊
@@sunitafisher4758 Cinnamon will be a wonderful addition! Thank you for watching and enjoy your pie! 💖
I didn't stir it. It's in the oven now.
@scenicdriveways6708 🤗💕
How was it
I remember taking my grandfather out to a fancy steakhouse and they had a dish with a dandelion salad for $27. His response was, "Huh, a $27 dandelion salad. When I was a kid, we ate dandelions because we didn't have $27." He was one of 11 children.
I think that was the perfect response! I eat dandelions, but I sure as shooting ain't paying for them! Thank you for this great story! ❤
Italians have been doing it for YEARS. They even have a red stem variety.
@@OffGridInvestor When he was eating them, it was back in the 40's and 50's.
@@OffGridInvestor It is beautiful!
Good for you, too! 😊
Seriously, never in my 50 years of life have I been more thankful that I can afford heavy cream than after watching this.
Gratitude sure puts things into perspective. I'm grateful for having electricity, a fridge full of food, cupboards full of stuff I forgot I even had, a pillow under my head, a blanket to cover me, and an electric toothbrush.
I love modern technology. Even the poor can commonly afford delicacies a king could have only dreamed of a few centuries ago.
@@zacharyrollick6169 Very true! Someone today who has a really cheapo apartment can still take a shower every day. Kings and Queens 250 years ago probably didn't bathe every day...lol.
Of course though there are still people without a real place to live and we shouldn't forget about them.
Me too 😂 all I can think is it would be alright with whipped cream 😂
@@hcnye Air conditioning and iced drinks as well.
My mom made this with milk and sprinkled cinnamon on top. She lived on a farm so they had milk and made butter. It Was good.
@@donnaloveless3361 I love hearing the history as much as the foods from the periods. Thank you so much for sharing. I wish you a blessed evening! ❤️
Your Mom's recipe is what my Pennsylvania relatives called 'Pennsylvania Dutch milk pie', which they made on their farm many years back for family reunions. Ah, the memories!
@@utuber1aIt's great to hear from another PA Dutchman who knows about milk pie. Millich boi iss wunnerbaar gut un appeditlich! (Milk pie is wonderful good and appetizing!)
Imho, that sounds a bit more appetizing. I mean if you can afford to make or buy a beautiful pie crust, why skimp on the filling?
Well, grandma actually wouldn't have been caught dead with a store bought crust. That is the addition of her granddaughter. 😉
When you get hungry enough, you're grateful for it
Yup, but let's not pretend that's a good thing.
You betcha! In my young days I had nothing in the house but flour, so I mixed it with water and made pancakes.
Health wise it may be. Not so much compared to a modern pie @@ViveLeQuebecLibreTabarnak
Using what you have! ❤️
It’s not bad at all actually
My parents got married in 1934, right in the middle of the Depression. My mom has told lots of stories about what life was like and how they made do. When mom died, her cupboards were full of cans of all kinds of food. She stored food up because she didn't want to ever be hungry again. She had a lot of recipes from those years that she still made, even though she didn't have to anymore. But the Depression years stuck with the people who lived through it. It's hard for us to really grasp what life at that time was like.
You're absolutely correct. We've heard the stories, but without living in hard times, it's difficult to really comprehend. My daddy was a young man during that time and he never forgot what it was like to make do with what he had and my momma did the same.
Thank you so much for sharing and I hope you have a wonderful evening. ❤️
Yes it was very hard for people and worse on some depending on their geographical location. My mother learned how to stretch a nickel! I wish I was better at it. 😊
My dad grew up in the depression, became very successful in later life, nd I never saw anybody blow money the way he did. He wanted to have FUN!
It is speculated that half of us will die within 6 month if the U.S. collapses and basic governmental services stop being provided ?
Buckle up Folks !
Anyone who has been hungry can relate. I do a lot to keep freezer and cupboards full.
I made the pie a couple times (delicious!) but wondered what would actually happen if I mixed the flour, sugar, and water before pouring it into the pie plate. So, I tried it one time.
She’s right. It’s a mess! It ends up with a super thick layer of sugar and flour at the bottom, with the watery sort of thickened water on top of it. It never sets right.
So, if anyone thinks maybe there is no reason for the “DON’T MIX IT” admonishment, beware lol
There is definitely a good reason for it!
We still ate the pie, of course, but it was weird and I’ll never stir it again 😁
🤗🤗🤗 Thank you for sharing your experience! Hugs!
I was looking for this comment 😂 I just told my husband, why not mix the sugar and flour with the water and extract then, pour it in the pie crust? He said, it has to do with the process. 😮
Tfs your experiment and experience... I'm extremely sensitive to textures of food, I'm never making the pie.
God, bless our elders.
@WhimWams 😄 Thank you for watching and for the laugh. 🤗❤️
Can I eat the pie even I'm in 2024 and totally spoiled or does that look dumb?
@@WhimWamsand God bless God 👐🏿🙏🏻
I grew up in a small coal camp in the fifties. We didn't have much, so we ate Squirrel Polk salad, Cornbread and beans and about anything else my parents could hunt or grow in a little truck garden we grew on the side of a mountain. My parents let me, and a friend pick two bushels of green beans and sell them at the company store for one dollar a bushel. I gave my Mom a dollar for gas and she took us to Grundy, Va to swim at the new pool. We both bought a RC Cola and a Moon pie. Best day of my life. I had never seen that much money. We were always lean, but we were healthy. I miss my childhood and all the friends I had. I will ask my wife if she will make this pie for me. Thank you!
I love hearing stories of folks' family history. It sounds like we grew up much the same. We are those same vittles and I sold muscadines by the gallon that we picked in the woods.
I still like moon pies, though the RC Colas are harder to come by.
I sure hope you get your pie, and please let me know if you do.
Y'all have a great evening and thank you for watching! Please come back soon. ❤️
WOW that's a very very special memory!!! Thank you for sharing
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Unable to make it yourself?
Sounds like wonderful memories. I try to get my grandchildren to eat food from the great depression when people didn't have alot of money but were very resourceful they will take a few bites and say it's ok. But I wish they would appreciate the simple way of living more. Times with no TVs and electronics my grandchildren are extremely intelligent my oldest is a freshman in college studying Robic Engineering but they have missed so much special times. He actually was in Asheville NC at College when it flooded from Helene and the four days we had no communication with him I was scared out of my mind because he was not used to living without electricity and cellphones. I mean when I was 18 yrs old I would've had a better chance surviving being a girl than he would have. Their dad was in the Army until 6 yrs ago by then it was too late for me .... But I'm still trying😁
I'm 75 yrs old and my grandmother made the water pie. Only she put the vanilla in the water and stirred it first and also used fresh churned melted butter then put the sugar and flour together like you did and sprinkled it the same way but she did her trick as she called it she added just a little cinnamon . You did a great job. ❤
Thank you so much for your kind words. And I'm certainly going to try her trick with the cinnamon, because I bet it's even better that way! Have a wonderful day! 💕
@@mountainpatriothomestead Thank you honey as well. One of my favorite pies granny made was the " GRITS " pie. You might try. Have a blessed day
@dustywolff4390 Grits pie! I love me some grits, but never had it in pie. I'll definitely have to try that! Thank you! ❤️
My aunt used to make this she caught a poor man's pie and she also did the cinnamon in it, she did it like your grandma did and we all loved it I never made it but I may have to give it a try
@@debbimeyersbrant5752 Thank you so much for sharing your aunt's story! And please let us know when you make it.❤❤❤
My grandmother was born in 1891. She used to talk about making this during the depression. I always thought she was joking! I am definitely going to try this!
What a wonderful way to remember your grandmother! Don't you know she'd smile to see you making that now? Thank you so much for watching and have a wonderful day! ❤️
Nope our people from those days aint jokin about any of it.
@@mountainpatriothomestead Thank you for posting this! I learned a lot about the depression from my grandparents and my mom. They taught me a lot about the early 20th century, in fact. Learning from books is one thing but there is nothing like learning from people who actually lived through it. I'm a grandpa now, and I try to share all I learned from them with my son and grandchildren.
@@TheBluzeman This makes me smile so big! You are absolutely right that no formal education replaces that of personal knowledge. And I want to tell you that you likely don't realize just how much a blessing you are to your children and grandchildren. Thank you so much for watching and sharing, and you come back real soon! ❤
@@mountainpatriothomestead I've seen a couple notifications but when I come here I do not see the reply. The last one was rather snotty. My grandmother passed in 1975. I will be 64 in a few months and I was born in 1960. So to whoever it was that left that reply that is not showing up here, I assure you, I am not lying. This is why I rarely post on youtube comments.
My mother made it that way but in season we would pick wild blackberries and she would use half water and the other half black berry juice it was even better
I was born in 1947 we had it with seasonal berry juices half cup water and half cup berry juice
@@jerrystone9013 Oh my goodness, yes!!! That sounds great!
That sounds wonderful!
That sounds good! Where I live I get wild blackberries...Im gonna try it!😉
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It cracked me up at first but after seeing how moms and grandmothers in the old days developing this recipe made me think of how they wanted to use the resources they had so that their families could have dessert while being on a shoestring (and how we can do that today too!)
Thank you for your spot on comment. ❤ 🤗
Just realized I ate this at my late grandmas growing up but she put lemon juice in hers. She raised 13 kids and then raised up and babysat most of her grandchildren…64 total! I always wondered what kind of pie it was because the consistency was so different. Everyday she was cooking and she knew how to stretch ingredients. I really do miss her. This is definitely what it was. It was very good.
@@aubreyodom468 🤗 Lemon juice would be delicious in this! ❤️
@@aubreyodom468 I am quite partial to a lemon pie. That sounds quite good.
Am 72 and was raised on this pie and we called it ‘PoorMan’s Pie’. 🤙🌴🤜🤛
Thank you for sharing that information! Did y'all ever top it with anything? Fruit, cinnamon, etc? I know different folks eat it differently.
@@mountainpatriothomestead ……..We never did. It never made it to that point. As soon as it came from the fridge…..well, suddenly it was a ‘full moon’ and five kids became ‘high tide’. 🤙🌴🤜🤛
@dennisbashore7626 Hahaha! I definitely understand that! 😂
@@MelB868 I hope you are blessed to live to an old age. And that you learn manners and humility along the way.
I love the ingenuity of this recipe. At its heart, cooking is about using what you have.
Thank you ❤❤❤
Well it certainly isn't about using what we don't have 🤗
This brings back fond memories! Ma called this type stuff struggle food.
But she always said, you may struggle in life, but if you have God, loving family and friends, youre never alone.
Man i miss her! RIP Ma! 😇
@@willowsverge3046 What a beautiful memory and a timeless truth she passed on to you. Thank you so much for sharing. 💕
if your trusting Jesus to be reconciled to God yourself... you'll see her again!
@@inTruthbyGrace I believe! Have a glorious day/night. 😊
great recipe will try
@@hollyhock4160 Thank you! Let me know when you do. And thank you for watching! ❤️
Feel like water pie gonna be trending again
The way my rents going....yeah
lmao yeah im saving this
I know right!
I never heard of water pie before. It's very humbling to know what so many people had to cope with. In the future, please taste your pies and things and describe them for us. I have subscribed. Thank you.
@@13c11a Thank you for the lovely comments. ❤️ And normally I would have tasted on camera, but I looked a fright. 😄 I promise I will next time. Thank you for subscribing!
How funny. I can relate to that!
Whoever came up with this recipe and all its variations is a genius. Love and Blessings for all the mamas who showed us their love and care with wonderful food and precious memories. Thank you!
I don't think I've heard anyone say it better. ❤️ Sometimes that's all they had was love and a handful of ingredients, but they took care of family and many times others with no more than that. Hugs from the homestead for your sweet words and you have a blessed evening. ❤️🤗💕
Thank you, for remembering and honoring our loves. I just found your channel and I just saw my grandmas.
@@sealfan1000 💖🤗 I'm glad that you found us! Big hugs and love! 💖
Zeus bless!
I don't know how she did it, but my Grandma managed to save rationed eggs, sugar, flour, butter and jam, and made each of her 4 children a birthday cake every year during the war, plus managed Christmas and Easter. Amazing!
I'm 69 years old & my grandma use to fix this. She called it sigar pie & was was my most favorite pie ever
❤ I love how food can bring back such wonderful memories. The fact that they were putting food on the table that was simple and made with love can't be duplicated in a factory. Thank you for sharing! 🤗❤️
Yes, sugar pie.
The grandma who came up with sugar pie had a better mind for marketing than the grannies calling them water pies.
@@StunkosHahaha eh. I imagine it felt a lot better to eat than water pie as well.
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How very interesting !... I'm a lowlander from south Georgia and north Florida..and bless my granny she would have made something like this if she'd had the time...she was a widow with 9 children and had to farm with only my dad who had to leave school to help her..he was only in the 3rd grade when his dad passed...a few years passed before remarrying and adding another 2 boys to her brood...that strong woman worked land and opened businesses all her life and to my shame had little help from the family she raised...God bless our departed for the struggles they endured as everyday activities...
I'm so glad to have your video come across my feed and will subscribe...may the Lord bless you and your life be filled with health and happiness...💚🙏💚...
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Thank you so much for sharing! ❤️ Your granny sounds like a person that would move mountains for her family and did. We owe so much to those that have gone before for what we have now.
Again, thank you for the wonderful story and I'm happy to have you as part of the MPH family! God bless you and have a beautiful day. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your family story. God bless you.
My mom's side of the family from Cairo , Ga .
Amen ✝️🙏💝
Thank you for sharing your story. God blessed her with strength and love for her family. You are blessed to have this family. ❤
Oh my gosh! This might be the one recipe I've been looking for! Mamaw called hers, "poor man pie." The custard-like consistency led me to believe it had milk and eggs! Wow! I can't wait to try this!😊
Please let me know if this is the right one! Hugs and thank you for watching. ❤
It could have also been a buttermilk pie
Or chess pie…all so delicious
@sarahdelgado0808 Absolutely! ❤️
My grandmother was born as the oldest child of 12 children of a very poor mining family in Hungary, in 1898. She had recipes to cook from only a handful of ingredients the most delicious meals.
Those are still my favorites, though I love to cook and learned during the last decades hundreds of recipes.
The best ones are always the simplest , homemade ones.
I would never turn down a good old fashioned meal or recipe, what generations used- they are always worth to try!
Interestingly every Christmas, I still use the old mortar and pestle, and whip the cream by hand… I love the old fashioned peaceful sounds of creating cakes and cookies with the traditional ways. Wouldn’t be the same with the Kitchen Aid
( faster is not always better 😉)
Miss you Nagyi ( Grandma),
but You know that…🙏
Thank you for your precious message. It's a beautiful story and I know your grandma is proud of you. Thank you so much for sharing and watching. Happy baking! 🤗❤️
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Thank you for your kind message, I can’t believe You even read every single comment. You made my day!
Yes, Grandma still here in my mind every day, I wish, I can be half as amazing as she was! Selfless, hardworking, tough, giving, smart with money, and critical amazing sense of humor but much less words! And her gardening skills! Oh, my!
Pray to be closer to her perfection every single day, but I’m more of a human 😆
@@funfan515 I'm sure that you're far more like her than you know. You're the type of person that makes me smile and give thanks for. Blessings and love to you. 🫂❤️
Thank you for this. I’m enjoying reading the comments of how many recall their grandmothers making this. A different era back then! God bless
You're very welcome and you are correct; different times. Thank you so much for watching and God bless you as well. 🤗❤️
I'm flipped upside down ...!
love these old recipes, I feel the presence of both my grandmothers as I watch...LOVE...!
I needed this smile today. Thank you so much for watching and commenting! 💖
My grandmother's go-to depression era dessert recipe was Vinegar Cobbler. She made a simple sweet-tart syrup of water, vinegar, and sugar, and salt, bringing it to a simmer and testing for taste/balance. Then she slowly added her dumplings, which were really closer to biscuit dough, rolled out like pie dough, cut about an inch wide, and pinched off a little longer than wide. It was important not to roll too thin or add too many too fast, but let them puff before flipping them and adding a few more.
When the dumplings were all in and puffed, she topped the pot of filling with a round or lattice of pie crust dough and baked until golden.
Most of us liked it warm and some liked it better cold the next day, but well into the 1960s it was still a favorite second only to her blackberry cobbler.
Thank you so much for sharing! It sounds like a wonderful memory and delicious. ❤️❤️❤️
This is so interesting! We never heard of this pie before, but it looks pretty good!
The ingenuity of our ancestors in hard times is something to admire. When times are tough with high prices, having something sweet at the end of a meal is a wonderful treat! For sure going to try this!
@@PollyAlice2000 That is certainly true about their creativity! So much we could learn from their examples. Thank you so much for watching and please let me know if you try it! ❤️
My grandma was born in 1896. My parents were born in 1926. My mom made this pie when I was a kid. She sometimes added either vanilla or almond extract to the water. I bet you could add lemon instead if you wanted to.
I bet you're right and I love lemon! I will have to give it a try. Thank you so much for sharing and I bet they would have had such wonderful stories to tell. ❤️
That sounds good, I would also grate some lemon zest into the water and juice. I'm 72 and had never heard of water pie, learned something new today.
@@donnaleveron5711 I think that sounds delicious! Thank you so much for watching and please come back soon. ❤️
Do you know how much almond extract she added? I sometimes sub almond extract for vanilla in recipes but add about half as much.
@@Jean-r9y I bet @swatson1190 will respond if she sees your question, but I believe you're on the right track with half the amount of almond for the vanilla. Unless you like almond stronger and you can always add more! Love the question! ❤
I just realized I think we ate this back in the 60s My mother had made it from a recipe given to her by her mother the only addition was she sprinkled That bagged sugared coconut on top of it. And we really liked it. Thanks for showing us how to make this Now I'm gonna pass it on to my kids....
Hearing this makes me so happy! Cooking is meant for sharing and knowing you're going to pass it on to your children warms my heart. Thank you so much for watching! ❤
Thank you for sharing...I was going to ask if you could sprinkle coconut or nuts on top... I'm also wondering "what if" I use milk instead of water!? I know, defeats the bare bones of this recipe, but since we aren't quite in a depression yet...just a thought...any comments?
@@trbolive There is a milk pie that very much mimics water pie. Many call it chess pie. I can't promise the exact outcome if you substitute the water for milk in this one, but chess pie is nearly as simple. Great question! Thank you. ❤️
@@mountainpatriothomesteadthese recipes may be needed in the future.
@donnaleveron5711 We never know and it's not a bad thing to have some skills under our belts. I hope you have a wonderful day! ❤
Beautiful. Thank you. Tears to my eyes…..the simplicity
❤️🤗 Thank you so much. Please let me know if you try it. ❤️
My class calls it "Depression pie" because when you're depressed, you can "flavor it with your tears and vanilla ice cream!"
And also because of the great depression too... XD
I’m always intrigued by the simplicity and ingenuity of the depression-era foods. Thank you for this.
You're very welcome and thank you for watching. ❤️
Okay, you’ve sold me on this! I’ve heard and read about water pie for years, but couldn’t visualize how it could possibly work. Seeing you make one, it makes more sense. Definitely will be trying this tomorrow or the next day!❤
Yay! That's wonderful and I look forward to hearing the outcome. So glad you dropped by and hope you come back real soon! ❤
This 50 year old UK man is both amazed and touched....we got it easy today....gonna definitely try this one.....I love me a good egg custard pie so I looking forward to eating this treat ha ha ha.
Hope you enjoy ❤️
I grew up poor, and we barely had food in the house. I do remember drinking sugar water as a child, there wasnt any milk. Im sure alot of us grew up poor🌺
Thank you for watching and sharing. Wishing you a blessed day. 🫂❤️
Lol lucky you, you had sugar.
@@joltjolt5060 Hah! You had water? We used to get up in t' morning at night at half-past-ten at night, half an hour before we went to bed, eat a lump of freezing cold poison, work 28 hours a day at t' mill, and pay t' mill owner to let us work there. And when we went home our dad used to murder us in cold blood, each night, and dance about on our graves, singing hallelujah.
I can't believe it. Wish I'd known about this a few years ago but better late than never. I'm 61. You truly do learn something new every day!!! 😊
@@shayhoff7064 I'm glad we're still learning! Thank you for watching and have a wonderful day.❤️
I thoroughly enjoyed your video! When I was in Oklahoma a dear man on our work team was very proud of his wife’s cooking. He frequently brought treats for us to try. He walked in one day with a beautiful Depression Lemon Meringue Pie, made with vinegar. Delicious!
Aloha Dusty Rose Please make a video about it must love
It makes me smile to read this story. It sounds like my daddy with momma's cooking. Thank you for sharing and I hope you have an amazing day!❤
My Mima had a white cream pie recipe that took the flour and sugar mixture and spread it evenly in a crust. Then, without stirring, you poured cream or milk over it and baked it. Really good once it firmed up.
@@cathyg8702 I bet it was delicious! Thank you for sharing that. ❤️
My mom made this with milk and sprinkled it with cinnamon.
Your Mima's recipe is what my Pennsylvania relatives called 'Pennsylvania Dutch milk pie', which they made on their farm many years back for family reunions. Ah, the memories!
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interesting recipe, am looking forward to trying this unusual pie, thanks for sharing.
Thank you and I hope you enjoy! ❤
Love this. Goes so against the grain of today. Humble and loving, thank you.
@@marchcyr1811 🫂 Thank you so much for watching and your kind comment. Please come back soon. ❤️
You did a great job providing directions and repeating at least once. Thanks.
Thank you for your kind message! And thank you for dropping by. Please come back real soon! ❤️
Thx for filming this and sharing this with us
🤗 Thank you so much for watching! Hugs from the homestead.❤️
Lovely work dear it looks delicious
@@windycity7042 🤗 Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you and may Jesus Christ bless you! That pie looked amazing! Never heard of water pie but my husband and I will have to try it. I bet our parents know about water pie
Thank you so much and I hope you try it soon! Blessings and hugs sent to you. 🤗❤️
I had to make this pie, it sounded so odd. I do not bake, so I pulled myself out of bed and made a great memory and pie with my beautiful 7 year old daughter. We followed directions to a "T" 2 Thumbs up. Thank you
@@scottyls8865 I'm so thrilled that y'all tried it and liked it! Yay! ❤️❤️❤️
I’ve never heard of water pie that I can remember. I’m 74 and was raised by my grandparents in north Georgia. It sounds good!
Did they perhaps call it sugar pie? I love north Georgia. Thank you for watching and sending hugs your way. ❤
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You're amazing for posting this, thank you! I have eaten this growing up here, and there! I never knew the name, and now I'm going to try my hand!
I love you too!
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Thank you so much and please let us know how it turns out! Big hugs from the homestead to you! ❤️
Sounds like a perfect dessert after a supper of Stone Soup👍
It does! Wouldn't this make a perfect object lesson for homeschooling or church social or just about any gathering? Love this idea!
Dolly Parton's family lived on stone soups.
@@wmpetroff2307interesting, didn't know that. Bet 'cha she's has A LOT of stories about growing up (being) poor. Has she written a book about her life? Maybe I missed it?! Would diffinatly I like to read that book! Ty for the little "tid bit" of Dolly Parton!
Or Hoover Stew
Stone Soup is one of my childrens & I favorite stories.. they don't really teach that story anymore
What a great video! So, this is like, 'the essence of pie'. Nothing fancy, nothing fruity, nothing colorful, nothing complicated - just, "be glad you got some pie, pie!" 😂
@@lucasatchley4509 Perfectly described! 😄 Simple and tasty. Thank you for watching and have a great night. ❤️
Thank you. Not only was that interesting in itself, but i love listening to you talk. Thank you.
How very nice of you. ❤ Thank you for watching!
Great video thank you! Shoe fly peanut butter/molasses pie is one of our favs too.
Thank you so much for watching! I bet that is an amazing pie because I love all those ingredients. Have a blessed day and come back real soon! ❤
Grandma was like oh shit at least were surviving another day with this one.
I think this is a must try. I have a lonely single pie shell in the freezer at home. I’ll try that this weekend. Bless you and thank you. ❤
Well, we can't leave that pie crust lonely! 😄 Let me know how it turns out. 🤗❤️
@@mountainpatriothomestead This pie is much better than I thought it would be. Even my husband liked it. I’m enjoying your videos. ❣️
@@ladysmith3578 I'm so glad that y'all tried and liked it! And thank you for your sweet words. Have a wonderful day! ❤
You did an excellent job with this video❤ Thank you for sharing it!!
@@DeniseWheeler-r6d Thank you so much for watching and your kind words! ❤️
What a bizarre recipe. I almost still can't believe what I saw made right in front of my eyes. Thank you so much for this intriguing look into the past. They really were hard times weren't they, praise God for the strength of the people to come through, though I believe that strength truly came from God! Luke
I agree with you, that the source of strength was and is from the Lord. It is a recipe that sounds like a good prank, but then it works! Thank you for watching and I hope you have a blessed day. ❤️
You did a wonderful job showing and directing how to do this, thank you 😊
@@dcole2133 How very kind of you to say! Thank you so much for watching. ❤️
Om, I made it. I followed your recipe to the letter. 💕 LOVE IT!!!!!!! I've made two so far. Easy recipe to follow & picky eaters love it!!!!! I am so glad 😊 I found this & your page. 😊 🎉🎉 You're the best
Awww! This made my heart happy! Thank you so much for getting back with the outcome. Big hugs and you come back real soon! 🤗❤️
First one to actually make it and reply. Thankyou.
My great aunt made a similar pie, and she called it butter pie. It was wonderful!
@@reneeraney5486 Yum! And the name sounds so much better! Thank you for watching and sharing. I hope you have a beautiful day. ❤️
Wow, this in genius, never heard of this but I’d definitely try it. Goes to show you how to make the most of what you have 💕thanks for sharing
I can't wait ti try this. 💞 Thank you so much for sharing. 👍👍
My pleasure and thank you for watching! Please let me know when you make it. ❤️
I'm going to have to try this. I'll bet a little cinnamon and nutmeg would make it festive for Christmas!
And we know it is NEVER to late to be planning that! That would be awesome additions. Thank you for sharing! ❤
Add half cranberry juice and half water, it's festive and delicious 😋
@@tracynorris5012 Sounds good!
You should try it with egg nog and jack Danielsx, I bet it'd be great.
I actually have a recipe for egg nog pie. 😄
Thank you for sharing this information. It is such a small but significant piece of our history that is very overlooked and you have preserved it forever. Good job and thank you. ❤🇺🇸
Thank you so much. ❤❤❤
So amazing, our ancestors struggled more than we could even imagine. ❤️
They were not worried with pronouns and safe spaces, the LIVED.
I still have living relatives from this era.
❤️ I have only a couple left. My greatest regret is not writing down all the old stories to preserve them for my children. ❤️
We?
@@chantakchantal6065Our ancestors literally invented pronouns.
Great video! My grandma was born in 1922 and said she grew up on this. On really special occasions they had icebox cake (pudding cake). I tried making water pie bc i was so curious and honestly was surprised how custardy and delicious it was!❤
@@IamtheLunchlady Thank you so much for sharing and I'm glad you've made this before! Hugs! 🤗
How interesting. Thank you for sharing this.
@@hugh261 You're very welcome and thank you for watching! ❤️
“Sugar Pie” is what I call it
If u put vanilla in it, it could be Vanilla Sugar Pie
Or almond extract, lemon extract, orange extract
Sugar pie, depression pie, and water pie... I've heard it by all three. Sugar pie sure sounds more edible, doesn't it? ❤️
@@mountainpatriothomestead water pie is more intriguing tho
“Water what?” Lol
@@YeshuaKingMessiahHa! Definitely!
Sugar pie where I live in eastern Canada, is made with maple syrup :)
@@nancyschaillee7656 That sounds wonderful! I love real maple syrup! ❤
😮 I had no idea there was such a thing! ❤
Isn't it fun?! Cooking can be such an adventure. Thank you for watching! ❤
I am unfamiliar with any of these depression-era meals, but I watch out of admiration for the women's creativity.
I’m lost!!!!
@@mrs.spicer How may I help? ❤️
@@mountainpatriothomestead oh the pie is very simple. I just have never ever heard of this. Wow. What region of the states are you from? I’m from the south.
first let me say thank you for posting these recipes , keeping old recipes alive is a treasure, for me it was ingenious for it's time when people had to use what they had and had little, my mother used to make this pie and it's a fond memory but truly it only takes slickly sweet and nothing much else , but if you have a very sweet tooth you will like it I'm sure
Thank you for watching and sharing. Have a blessed evening. ❤️
This recipe looks easy enough for even me. Thanks so much for sharing. I can't wait to try this.
I bet you'll do great! Please let us know how it turns out. Thank you for watching! ❤
I substituted `1 cup of the water with lemon juice & skipped the vanilla. Delish!
Excellent!!! That's wonderful and thank you so much for sharing with us. 🤗❤️
How about lime juice?
@susanvinette8378 I would think it would work much like the lemon juice, and it sounds wonderful right now!
Or lemon AND vanilla!
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I had not heard of this particular depression-era food. But I did grow up on another one: cabbage soup. Just a quarter head of cabbage in a stock pot with lots of black pepper and a little salr, and let it boil until the leaves are translucent yellow. It's delicious. I used to have it every other day. When I showed it to my mom's siblings later on they would ask "where's the carrots, onions," (etc., etc...) and I'd say "no it's cabbage soup. I'd eat this for half my meals every week." Apparently they didn't know their sister too well.
Thank you for sharing! Very simple and nutritious, to boot. And economical. ❤❤❤
My mom was from that era and so was my grandma
@@saraharrell1768 ❤️
Great. I'm old but didn't know of this. Seems apparent that many additions are possible, and in keeping with the spirit of the pie. Will make this soon. Thank you.
😊 You're very welcome and I look forward to hearing of the outcome! And we're not old, we're vintage. 😉 Hugs from the homestead! ❤️
Wow.. keep up the good work.. love you voice
Aw, thank you! ❤️
🌹 Absolutely Beautiful! I look forward to making some for my Son! Thank you Very Much for sharing 🙏
@@Sacredlovewon You're very welcome and thank you so much for watching! Please let me know how it turns out. ❤️❤️❤️
These recipes like this is why it should be mandatory for every child to be in the kitchen to watch and learn so they don’t get forgotten,to many old recipes will never be made again because they weren’t taught or passed down and that’s a shame.this recipe and the person who invented it is a genius.
I most definitely agree with every word. Thank you for watching and commenting. By the way, I thoroughly appreciate your profile pic... moaon aabe!
Yessss! 🙌🏻
Fantasizing. Interesting. I thank you for sharing.😊
You're very welcome and thank you for watching! ❤️
A grandmother's love makes every dish taste better.
@@joebaumgart1146 I agree. No matter how tired she might have been, or what aches and pains she might have had, she still took care of those she loved.
Thank you for watching and have a wonderful day. ❤️
Well, that's a new one. My family ran a cafe. At least 8 different pies were made a day. This one would have been nostalgic....I wonder if they grew up with it?
What a wonderful history! I love old cafes with the pie counters. ❤️ They may have, but they could have called it sugar pie. That was another name for it and sounds much more palatable. 😄 Thank you for sharing!
I liked this. I made it. My people were northeastern city folk who moved to the suburbs, but came from the old country. Unfortunately, we didn’t have much in the way of mountain stock. However, we connect with city folk and country folk because we’re sort of a mix of both anyway, I made this pie and it was really nice. It makes me wonder in a way for a minute how I could connect with those who lived in that era and sat down at a table, said Grace, perhaps, and we’re grateful in all their struggles to have fellowship together over this pie. A sort of small victory of a day in a day. God Bless and thanks for sharing. I’m watching sugar and carbs these days, but I’ll make it sometime. The vanilla really sells it.
Very lovely said and thank you for sharing! Food definitely tells a story and connects all who share it.
I agree that the vanilla is the star of this pie!
Thank you for watching and commenting. I hope you have a wonderful day!❤️
@@mountainpatriothomestead Thank you! God Bless
@@williamboo9017 ❤️ Thank you and many blessings to you. ❤️
Wow I hadn't heard of water pie before! Thanks for sharing, interesting slice of history 😉
Thank you for watching and I hope you have a wonderful day. ❤️
Lovely accent, the energy of my grandma back when she was in her 60s, a great recipe with hearts on a plate, and a gun and an american flag. Subscribed
❤️ Welcome to the homestead! Thank you for watching and come back again real soon! ❤️
I'm living on Olympic Penisula, Washington state. Just found you and subscribed. Some of the words you pronounce are like my mother's family, who were New York State Scots/Dutch. i like your accent and your video!
Thank you for watching from your beautiful part of the world! My ancestry is much from the Scots/Dutch lineage, so that does make sense. Thank you so much for finding us and I hope you have a wonderful day! ❤
@@Skiingismedicine He picks all the best spots! 😊
Beautiful recipe this week. Just subscribed . Thank you
Thank you so much and welcome to the homestead! I hope you get a chance to enjoy this recipe. Come back real soon!
Hi!!! This recipe sounds delish. I'm going to give it a try.YUMS!!!... Great Video!!!...🦋
Hello and thank you! Please let us know how it turns out. ❤️
My mom grew up during the Depression and War years. She told me that my grandma, her mother, always served dessert after dinner to round out the meal. And, dessert was always fruit or pudding-based which added more nutrition to their diets. I never heard Mom talk about "Water Pie," but she did mention lots of tapioca pudding with fresh or canned fruit on top. Grandma always had a big garden, and most of the fruit (and vegetables) she used was either fresh from the garden, or home canned for the off seasons.
Thank you for posting this great video. I'm going to try making "Water Pie" very soon! Cheers!
@@oldcrowslanding Thank you for that wonderful information! It sounds like they were very resourceful. Beautiful family history. ❤️
This must be the same dessert that the Midwest burger chain Kewpee always called Sugar Pie. I haven't had it in a while, and I've never seen it anywhere else, but I remember loving that stuff. My kind of pie is a simple, homogeneous texture, like pumpkin or key lime. I'd love to try this! ❤
Also I love that my name and this comment almost make me look like a grandma, but I'm a twenty- something in college 😂
Well, I love your name and the fact that someone your age is watching my video! I've also heard it called sugar pie, as well, and I hope you have a chance to give this recipe a try. Have a wonderful day! 🤗❤️
@mountainpatriothomestead Thank you for sharing this recipe! I hope you have a great day too. 😊
@@maryrosekrouse4089 Thank you! 🤗❤️
I made water pie years ago and loved it! It was reminiscent to a sugar cookie flavour.
Yes! I have tried to figure out how to describe the flavor and that's it! Thank you so much for watching and I hope you come back soon. ❤️
Eyelash was visible til covered with more sugar. More flavor.
You have to be very aware to be able to get the coveted eyelash piece!
Indeed! So coveted..... lol.
@@ZippythewondersquirrelA little surprise for whoever gets that piece. 😂 They can make a wish with it.
Timestamp?
@@pointysidedown @2:09 bottom right section of the pie.
Interesting recipe! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you and thank you for watching! ❤
Thank you for this recipe! It looks similar to some desserts made in Asian bakeries, which are delicious. I will try it!
Thank you so much for your kind words. I hope you enjoy it! ❤️
Anyone else notice the hair at 2:10 ? Bottom right of the pie, quickly sinks as the sugar flour hits it.😆
Some more nutrients and taste
Don't be picky
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lol 😂
YES 😭
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I think you did a great job on this video, you have inspired me.
That is so sweet, thank you! Certainly let me know if you make this. ❤️🤗
Thank you! My Grandmother made this and we had no idea what it was. She always served it with some type of stewed fruit. Will be making it😳
Oh my goodness, stewed apples on top would be amazing! Thank you for sharing this beautiful memory with us. ❤
I never had the water pie but my grandmother and all of my aunts were great cooks. I remember the butterscotch pie 🥧 and how unique that was. Nothing else like it. From scratch mind you, not from a box pudding mix. Sugar carmelized into the milk. So good!
That sounds so good! Thank you so much for sharing and I sure wish I had a piece of their pie right now. ❤️
Wholesome and fun content, thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much and please come back again soon.
"my hands are clean" immediately mix in an eye lash lol
I didn't see any eyelash.
lol i thought it was just me🤣🤣🤣🤣
I didn't see an eyelash and I don't see why it's necessary to point anything like that out anyway I think that we want to give positive comments towards somebody who's only trying to put a nice recipe out there and maybe make a channel. Would have been nice if those few that saw it would have just kept it to themselves but this is the downfall of humanity this is how crappy this is the crappy side of the human race I have to point out everything can't hold their tongue for the benefit of somebody else
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Omg I didn't see that I had to go back and look. 😂
Wow! That’s some real wine out of water, fishes and loaves stuff right there. Didn’t realise JC had left behind such a robust culinary tradition 😀 Just one more thing to be thankful for!
It hasn't got the most appetizing name.
You are certainly not wrong. 😊 Some call it sugar pie. I think it was just something that needed a name and that was it. I've also heard it called depression pie, but that sounds worse than water pie to me. 😄 Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a wonderful day! ❤️
@@mountainpatriothomestead Why can't you just mix all the original ingredients then put it in the pie casing to bake?
@@EdwardHinton-qs4ry If it's all stirred together, it basically will bake into a glob, rather than into a custard.
@@mountainpatriothomestead oh ok.
Rather than Water Pie I'd name it after the local river / stream. After all, Mud Pie doesn't sound great until you put Mississippi in front of it ;-)
Thank you for bringing life to this history
@@jckytc Thank you for your kind words and for watching. Please come back soon! ❤️
EXCELLENT THANKS FOR SHAREING
Thank you! ❤️