Quarantine Cooking - Depression-Era Water Pie Recipe

Quarantine Cooking: Depression-Era Water Pie Recipe -
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[medawson]

I can’t wait to try this pie. I heard of it from a woman who had a depression-era cooking channel. Her name was Clara, and she has passed away.

[dawnlacombe]

Thanks Paula for reading my letter and making the pie. You made my day!!!! Now I need to make one

[patsycav]

I'm 84, but when I was about 3 years old, I remember how my Grandma gave me bread and butter with sugar on it. That was the Scottish version of water pie. No water, no pie shell, just white bread and butter with sugar. lolol

[claireryan]

When my grandmother was raising her kids during the depression, they would ask “what’s for dessert?” And if there wasn’t anything, she would answer “air pudding and wind pie.”

[lauraleicathell]

I'm going in to see my mom since they have lifted these restrictions, praise God, she is 92, & we are going to bake this pie! Thanks for sharing!
God bless & be safe. ❤🙏

[vktrys]

OMGosh Paula, my Nana made this, only with milk instead of water. I have looked for this recipe for YEARS! Always, after she was finished making her pies she'd take the leftover pie dough and form it into a small pie crust. Then she'd pour in some milk and add sugar, then flour, sometimes a sprinkle of cinnamon, vanilla, dot with butter and bake it off. Always my favorite pie she made. I have looked for the recipe for years and today you gave it to me. Thank you so very much for bringing such a fond childhood memory back home to me!

[bettyb]

This brings back so many memories of my childhood, what a big smile I have on my face right now. My mom always made this pie. She would use water, flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla. Because of the cinnamon and nutmeg the gel would turn a light brown.

[rosew]

I'm so glad to see that Paula's baking sheets look like mine.

[carolking]

Remember it was very poor era if you change it add to it then it’s not a depression . Pie . Bless them peoples heart ❤️. I bet it was mamas trying to give their children a lil happy. .

[iwonderasiwander]

My Grandma used to make this all the time. She was from Dayton, Ohio and came to live with us in Missouri and Oklahoma. I have been looking for a recipe for a long time because as we all know Grandmas never cooked with recipes but by heart! Thank you for the YouTube.

[juliepenn]

This pie reminds me of the book, "Stone Soup"; "If I only had an onion, my stone soup would be perfect!" My mother-in-law made a pie she called, "mock apple pie", from the depression era. It's still my youngest daughter's favorite pie and it's made out of saltine crackers - no apples at all!

[jvallas]

I haven’t read every comment, but has anyone asked what were the quantities of everything?

*Edit* - first online recipe I came to:
1 1/2 cups water
4 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
5 tablespoons butter, cut into 5 pieces

[sharronwolfe]

I remember my grandmother talking about the depression — my mother was a little girl — but I don’t remember her ever mentioning Water Pie! This is a new one on me — a MUST try! Thank you!

[kimcase]

I remember Dad telling me about the cooking on the farm.. he recalls Great Gramma Angel and her vanilla bottle... it was kept way up in a hiding spot in the cupboard... and as a child her remembers her adding just a drop or two .. it was gold in the depression kitchen ( Lacadena Saskatchewan Canada) I have a repurposed magazine ( paper was a luxury) .. ladies glued in recipes and wrote notes.. occasional pictures.. recital awards from the kids... keepsake tickets.. pics of things they dreamed of having .. oxadol cupons.... a scrapbook .. I have now .. its been through 5 generations .. we all add lil sumtin...

[francesjackson]

I remember as a child in the 1930s I used to love a sauce women made to pour over stale cake. Or not stale cake. It was water, boiled with sugar and flour, then a little vanilla and butter added. It was delicious. I still make it now when times are not so hard.
I always thought this sauce was the ultimate in making something out of almost nothing. But my grandpa used to love what he called "Poor Man's Soup." It was nothing but water boiled with a little butter in it. That's it. The water and butter had to be boiled together. Add some crackers alongside, and it was, as he said, good for what ailed you.

[Inky]

I absolutely love these kinds of recipes. It feels good to connect to our past if even in some small way and to the women who worked so hard to carry their families through hard times in whatever way they could.

[danabinaz]

I’m going to make an air pie and eat the whole thing... MYSELF! 🤣

[nancygetz]

my mother and i use to make this when i was 4 years olde everything was the same but we used milk instead of water we called it milk pie

[leannejones]

I’m gonna have to try!!! I’ve tried so many depression era recipes during this quarantine!!! Makes me cry! Thinking my grandparents and great grandparents! Makes me feel close to them! Thank you for sharing!!

[ruththomas]

I love it! It's just like Mom used to teach me! Almost as good as her favorite quote while cooking, "I paid for it all, I use it all", when it came to scraping bowles, pans, etc.. Thanks for the memories!