need a recipe

[Diane Amberg]

   The Rondevous in Memphis has great ribs, the dry rub kind

[flo]

would give my eye teeth (if I had any  ) for a chicken pie from the Chicken Pie Shop in Long Beach, Calif, although guess they've moved to Bellflower or somewhere now.

[kdfrawg]

I missed that one, Flo, but there was a cowboy kind of place in Long Beach right above the harbor that served a mean chicken-fried steak.

Memoriiiieeesss....

[Diane Amberg]

 Flo, why was it so good?

[flo]

The original Chicken Pie Shop was about 3 blks up from the Pike - very classy place for the 50's - they had a secret recipe, but I can tell you all there was in those little pies was chicken and gravy - the pies were made right on the premises and you could watch through the front windows - young Henry Moffett made them - served ala carte with gravy and if you wanted mashed potatoes - they also had their steaks and a wonderful barley soup - among other things, and the meal included dessert - and I can still hear myself saying "Rice Pudding, apple cobbler or jello?" - I waitressed there a couple years. 

[Diane Amberg]

   YUM!

[Bonnie M.]

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would give my eye teeth (if I had any  ) for a chicken pie from the Chicken Pie Shop in Long Beach, Calif, although guess they've moved to Bellflower or somewhere now.

There's a Chicken Pie Shop in San Diego, and we eat there about once a year, or so.  From our Church, we're part of a group of "Senior Citizens," called "Keenagers," (go figure!) and we go to the I-Max theater at Balboa Park each year, and we always have lunch at the Chicken Pie Shop.  There are as many as 80 who attend, on several of our Church buses.  There is one waitress that never writes down an order, and always brings the right food to the right tables!  (And, we don't "all" order the same thing!)  And, desserts are good!  I'm thinking we need to make another trip down there, soon!  I guess the price really hasn't increased much through the years, and that's why the place is always busy.  Good food, good prices!

[kdfrawg]

My best similar memory is the Turkey Pot Pie at Brother's Deli in Burlingame, CA. It is the Thursday lunch special, but if you get there after 11:30 they are all gone. They were absolutely perfect pot pies. As an extra added attraction, you got to spend time in an excellent Kosher deli owned and managed by Chinese folks, who had bought it from the founders.

I really loved Brothers Deli.

It's still there, but I'm not.

< sigh >

[Bonnie M.]

My best similar memory is the Turkey Pot Pie at Brother's Deli in Burlingame, CA.[/color]

I've never been there, but I am getting hungry, so I'm heading for the freezer for some ice cream!

[kdfrawg]

Close enough, Bonnie M., close enough.

Ice cream is an every occasion food.