I'm a chef. The quality ,honesty and the pricing. You're exactly what RU-vid needs. No BS all honesty and knowing it may not be the best but when you need to eat you get what you can. Thank you for us, the people!
I have to say, working third shift and having access to an oven, these pop pies are a game changer, especially in winter time...nothing like a warm meal at 3am! sure beats a cold bologna sandwich!
Ya they have changed lol much like the TV dinners they were best when they were in tin/aluminum pans and you had to bake them .. although I still think they are delicious
@@codyrussow170 You know, I completely forgot that they used to be in foil tins instead of the paper stuff of today and your right, they baked up better then but still good by today's standards :-)
I just had a banquet beef pot pie a couple of days ago and it was horrible. No beef flavor to the gravy and no beef flavor to the cubes of beef. And the beef cubes , besides being tasteless, were hard and chewy. I really had trouble eating them. I never had that problem before. I'm bummed out because the beef pot pies were my favorite.
My grandson is 2.5 he eats one every Monday and Tuesday when I watch him, they are his favorite thing, he asks for at Grammies. I add more frozen peas and carrots 🥕. He loves loves them! He use to call them pop pie's! now he says it right!
I used to be a hustler working 12 hours a day all the time, until I decided to quit my job so i can smoke weed on my RU-vid channel full time😅i wanna run my own buisness one day, gotta stack up tho..
I have this but with really cheap chicken burgers and cheap white bread. Cook some of them up, slap a slice of cheese on it, bit of mayo between 2 pieces of bread was what i lived on for a while and i sometimes still buy it and it just makes me feel comfortable in a weird way.
When I was a kid, these and TV dinners were a rare treat. Even though my mother always regarded food like this as junk food, we loved them and my favorite part was also a overcooked hunk of crust. Looking at the ingredient list with my adult eyes though, I can say that these are sodium bombs. The amount of filling in the pie is about a ladleful and at 800 mg of sodium, that’s an awful lot. So I would only eat these on occasion. I never noticed an excessive salty taste either, and would assume if they put it on the label, that it’s at least that. I only had different brands like Marie Callender once I was out on my own. I’m not sure if one is better than the other in reality or not. But I have been to a few restaurants that had a pot pie as a menu item and they were at least 3 times bigger. That crust is what gets me though. I love it
LOL yes as a kid sometimes these cheap foods are what you crave. On the rare occasion my mom was out of town dad would let us have Top Ramen for lunch and a TV dinner, my mom would have never lol.
Out of the literally thousands of things to watch on the Tube, Larry's channel is the Only one that gets me excited when there's a new post. How can you not love a pot pie?, eat a couple and then watch a movie, just don't drive after. Seriously, these things are good and cheap. Thanks again WolfePit.
My parents used to buy them up when they went on sale 3/$1 and pack the freezer with them. I always liked pot pie night. Turkey was my favorite. And yes, the crust was very good - tasty and flaky.
I loved these as a child, but we couldn't afford them often. My mother, bless her heart, did her best, but wasn't a good cook. What her meals lacked in flavor, they made-up for in filling and nutrition. I always gave her thanks and never complained.
God bless u for appreciating your mama....as a mom myself, I have tried really hard to be a good mama, lol it doesn't always come out the way i wanted, mom's put alot of pressure on themselves to get it right so I totally appreciate your comment!
@@kristinecharlton6719 It's easy to complain unless you've had to live in worse conditions. Mom was a WWII Romanian refugee, talked about the hardships, so from her recounting we realized how good we had it, even if the food wasn't flavored better. But we never missed a meal, as she routinely did during and after the war.
@@Absaalookemensch I get it.....when I was about 7, we literally ate bologna, boiled eggs and grapefruit for like three weeks.....plus we had apples too!.....u know I never complained, but to this day I can't eat boiled eggs.....but I can eat them plenty other ways.....its a textured thing with the whites and as an adult I can't do it.....but if that's all I had I would....just sayin.....btw just like me u were raised right ....the kids get mad or throw a fit when they don't get mc Donald's....it's this new entitled crap.....shit I was Lucky if we got McDonald's once a year!
@@kristinecharlton6719 My mom could not eat pumpkin in any form because as a child, pumpkin was all they had for a few months. Yes, we went to McDonald's about once a year and split the burger and fries. Unfortunately, too many parents did not teach their children to thrive on little. Our kids got appliance boxes (refrigerator, oven, washer/dryer ones from appliance stores) as birthday/Christmas gifts from us for a few years because we had so little. To this day they do not expect any gifts and anything given from the heart is treasured.
When I wasn't into vegetables, and when I had to stare one of these down at the table, my plate would be filled with peas and carrots. Nowadays, there's nothing left but me wanting more!
I just had the grocery store deliver ten of these things. They’ve been the same for decades! Always in our house these were served with a generous splashing of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce. This added much needed loudness to the flavors and made these somewhat bland pies much more delicious and tolerable. 💜 Love your videos!!
Dollar Tree used to sell the Banquet apple, peach and mixed berry frozen pies and they were great, especially with vanilla ice cream on top. Unfortunately they haven't been in stock for several months now. Really miss them.
Omgggg what a memory. In a hotel on the road for my job. Going to the dollar store and finding a mixed berry pie I remember heating it up with ice cream. Good times.
@@bobduffy7744 I once thought I bought a Mari Calender chicken pot pie and it turned out that I grabbed the wrong one and was a peach pot pie. It was the best peach pie ever had.
Rice added to fill you up. I would make homemade mashed potatos, because one single serving pie, is not enough to fill us up. Need something with that.🙂😊😀❤
These pot pies are easy enough to make at home, I would also add minced onions and sliced mushrooms, along with frozen peas, sliced carrots, diced potatos. Great dish to make with leftover turkey meat, or a reduced rotisserie chicken, you sometimes can find later in the evening. The bones of course are saved, and simmered separately to make soup, adding vegetables, eggnoodles, and any diverse leftovers if available.
I love the Banquet pot pies, and I buy them frequently, especially the beef. A very good, inexpensive meal when we are watching the budget. I did not know they had a sausage & gravy pot pie! I will definitely be looking for that! Thanks for showing these pot pies! Merry Christmas to you, and blessings to your family from central Florida.
Brings me back to my childhood. My mom goes somewhere and says “you got some pot pies in the freezer for dinner” One of the best cheap and easy foods you can microwave PS: yes they came in tins that you couldn’t microwave. I would take them out of the tins and put them on a regular plate. Yes microwaving them ruined the crust but I was a teenager that wanted to eat in 5 mins instead of 50 so the crust was an acceptable sacrifice
@aDg 2k18 the banquet pot pies we buy come in the same package they are showing, and that’s not aluminum foil, it’s that microwaveable packaging that helps keep the food crisp. It’s microwaveable. ….. New Banquet packages also include more explicit instructions for cooking in microwaves of varying wattages. Similar changes are in store for hundreds of other ConAgra frozen foods, including Healthy Choice and Kid Cuisine lines. The old Banquet package said on the front: "Ready in 4 minutes. Microwaveable." On the back, in smaller type, the instructions specified four minutes in "medium" or "high" wattage microwaves and six minutes in "low" wattage ones. The new package recommends cooking four to six minutes in a microwave with 1,100 watts or more, and not in lower-powered ones.
For the Chicken and Broccoli Pot Pie: because its going to be cooked and frozen by the manufacturer and then reheated for so long by the consumer they have to use broccoli stems - if they used florets those would have been pretty vaporized or turned in to gooey mush. If you were making these from scratch at home it would be fine to use florets because you're going to cook them once and then eat and they'd be able to better stand up to the process.
@@Dr.JeremyDunks the broccoli in the alfredo meal isn't baked first then baked again by you. It only gets cooked (i am guessing in a skillet or microwave) by you at your house. It's different.
@@Margar02 The pies aren't baked before you get them either. I would guess they cook the filling, but they could add the broccoli at the end right before it goes in the pie and it would work. I'm sure it's because of the price. Stems are much cheaper than florets. Wouldn't matter to me as I like both parts.
I remember getting these at 4/$1.00 when I was a kid. When they made the microwaveable ones I would eat these quite often on my break when I worked at the grocery store. These are about the only frozen type of dinner foods I’d eat today. I haven’t had one in in years and I might have to get some the next time I’m at the grocery store. Turkey is my favorite but the breakfast one sounds amazing.
I always ate 1 of each and mixed them together. As a kid we would scratch a B, C, or T in the crust so we knew what they were. When you have 8 kids you gotta keep track of what's what and good luck telling the difference between the turkey and chicken.
My family did the same we thing for the same reason. Cheap meal for a big family while growing up. Now we make them using ready made pie crusts. Contol what ingredients are in the filling that way.
I didn't grow up on these, but working at a grocery store has made me appreciate them a lot. One of these and a bottle of Powerade is enough for my lunch break, for only two dollars.
They're a good lil snack (unless it's all you can afford as a meal). I used to eat them all the time as a kid, and it's been years since I last had one, but i remember them being decent
There have been several broke and alone Thanksgivings where a Banquet Turkey pot pie was my entire Thanksgiving dinner. Lonely and sad but the pot pie was always delicious and hot.
The Apple and berry pies are the best dessert with a scoop of ice cream 😍 The savory ones we put on top of a piece of toast broken up or some noodles. Fast, easy, cheap, and tasty
Where I lived recently, the Swanson pot pies cost about 1/4 a cent more than the Banquet pies, (Swanson sold at 4 for 3.97, ($.9925) and banquet was priced $.99 each) and are significantly better in my opinion. The Banquet pies have a peculiar aftertaste in the crust I find off putting, which the Swanson pies does not have. However, I’ve not found anything but turkey and chicken pies in Swanson, where the banquet has beef and sausage pies as well as the turkey and chicken pies. Also, banquet has peach and berry and apple pies available, which are pretty good, and don’t have the weird aftertaste in the crust. A little light on the filling, more syrup on the syrup/fruit ratio than a normal frozen fruit pie.
Where i live people don't eat "sausage and gravy" so we don't have that pie. I'm sure they're stocked at every walmart and kroger across the south though.
Sure it's not made in the same place? I know I think red Barron frozen pizza is actually Swansons frozen pizza.. to bad Swanson food delivery isn't quite as affordable same as it used to be . Fond memories of the monthly freezer fill up..
@@muddyfeetaussies It's entirely possible. I worked in a butter factory for a while. I can tell you 90% of butter in the US, no matter the brand, all comes from the exact same place.
My family loved these pot pies when I was growing up! I haven't had one in years so now I need to buy some. They can keep those peas, though so I am glad there were just a few! Thank you, Mr. Wolfe Pit, once again.
I can't think of too many who've not had these at one time or another; they were, and are, a stand-by for us, especially during the nasty Kansas winters we have. Thanks for the nostalgic bit Larry, and thank you for the many videos you've shared with us. God bless. Rev. D.
Also, wow there are many other kinds of Banquet pot pies they make, including a salisbury steak and a ham and potato breakfast pie. There are three different fruit pies. Maybe we'll be in for a part two to this one.
Thanks Larry!! Love your videos, and I LOOOOOVE frozen pot pies! You should try the deep dish marie callendar's ones too, for US, THE PEOPLE!! Edit: I'm especially interested in how you'd cook them. It seems like when you do them in the microwave, the bottom burns before the middle gets hot, and if you do them in the oven, the top burns before the bottom gets done!
My Mum used to make these for me and my sister once in a great while. Usually on a Saturday. She used to put our initial on the crust. We loved it! I just remember it being bigger? That was back in the mid 80s. And the crust was the best!
As a 66 year old road musician who was in a touring band for years, we lived on these thing's when we weren't traveling, at home & broke (no microwaves back then.) Use to buy 3 for a buck. On the road, it was bologna, wonder bread & chips for lunch, then we'd splurge after each gig & eat a great breakfast at the best truck stop we could find. Still love them to this day!
I was both in 1961 and recall really cheap pot pies advertised around 1970 in Illinois, maybe 25 cents, maybe 20 on sale. Chicken roll then was popular as hospital food, white meat low fat chicken. I don’t know if that’s still true. My well-to-do parents never bought pot pie and I never had any as a child. I always wondered what it was like but I guessed pretty accurately.
I was "Born" in 61 in northern ill. also, use to buy chicken roll from the deli, loved it, asked a deli years ago and they don't make anymore. Don't worry I'll be fine I'm getting therapy, Haha !!!,
Call me crazy but I think they were better when they used the aluminum pan. The crust seemed crisper on the bottom. But they are still good to me. And I always mix mine up. Lol
I had just put a banquet pot pie in my microwave... when I came into the living room this video popped up. LOL I agree with you they're cheap but they're good ... the crust is the best part of the whole pie LOL The one I ate today was the beef ... have a chicken with broccoli and Salisbury steak one in the freezer. I keep them around for when I'm kind of hungry. But I don't want to "cook" LOL the videos a couple years old but I still enjoyed it. Thank you so much....
I haven't had one of these in years, but when I did, I would heat them in the oven, then break them over a buttered bed of rice, yum! Thanks for this video Larry! I'll have to buy a couple of them on my next visit to the grocery store.
What can I say, I love all the varieties of Banquet'e pot pies. There's another variety you should try, the cheesy ham and potato pot pie. I think it's rather tasty. My wife loves the sausage gravy pot pie. The apple and cherry-berry pies are good, too. Especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I hope you make a video for the ham and potato pot pie and the fruit pies. And I appreciate your videos and doing stuff for us, the people. Keep on truckin' and chooglin' on! 😎👍
I just went through your list of meals and it made me really nostalgic for the time when I came to the USA . I thought, how simple, I don’t have to get all these ingredients, just pop it in the oven. Isn’t America wonderful, and it tasted so yummy. And for dessert, green jello with whatever was in the fruit can. Now I have a drawer full of spices and herbs, exotic ingredients I don’t trust. Thanks for leading me down memory lane. It’s all good. 🇺🇸😷🎄❤️
Eleven yrs ago after having two attacks of diverticulitis, I had surgery. The day I got home, I was really weak and had to figure out what I could eat. The ONLY thing I wanted was one of these turkey pot pies, I had no taste for anything else. I had lost quite a bit of weight so one or two of these certainly didnt hurt.. I could only eat half of one, but that pot pie was the most delicious thing I could have and was so satisfying at the time. . I still buy a couple every once in a while, they are still the same as when I was a kid. Such a treat.
I’ve been enjoying your videos for a while and you have me reading the labels. Yesterday my wife and I were Christmas shopping and the final stop was Walmart. I wanted something simple to eat after a long day and remembered this video. We had beef pot pies for dinner and they were delicious. I also picked up the sausage gravy pot pies and had them for breakfast with sausage links and scrambled eggs. We loved it! Thanks for the idea and keep up the great work.
I remember when my kids were little and I worked, but, didn't make much money. There were times I had to donate plasma just to put food on our table. I would buy these. My boys never really knew how poor we were because they never went hungry or did without, but, we did eat things like these pot pies and we really liked them!
I liked these growing up and I still buy them each fall and winter. Yes, they need to be baked in an oven. I tried the ham and cheese and it's good but not my fave. I hadn't seen the sausage gravy one. Will be looking for it now!
We ate these all the time growing up over mashed potatoes. It was a welcome staple in our household. I still love it this way today!!! It’s my favorite part.
Great video there,, when my wife and I were first married we bought these 4 for $1! We didn’t have any money, so we ate lots of these!!! I’m not sure they are worth 4 times what we paid for them back then,, oh yeah, they had lots more meat and veggies in them back then…..
Thanks for raising awareness of the evil TVP. We recently discovered our favorite link sausage started using that garbage after wondering why the texture and flavor just wasn't what it used to be. Sad to see so many trusted brands (even local) using these cheap fillers. Just raise the price a few cents and ditch the TVP!
i used t have these all the time growing up and i have one every now and then in the winter i have to say there is nothing more comforting then having one of these piping hot pies after shoveling snow for an hour, you do have to time it so its ready to eat when your done with the snow
I love these. We had alot of them back in the day but you know what ? They were actually 😋 tasty. The only problem is that they aren't filling but hey you can't beat the price. Another awesome review.
Lard has definitely gotten an undeserved bad rap in modern cooking. Try Amy's Kitchen for a vegetarian version (not cheap) Trader Joes makes a killer chicken pie.
Thsee are definitely decent for a cheap pot pie, and the crust is good, however I personally think the Marie Callender's pot pies have FAR superior crusts even though they're way more expensive.
I grew up on the top three, the last two never heard of. LOVED them!! I'll have to try them again, have not had one in 35+ years. When I was real young I think they were .33 cents, my Dad and I just talked about this the other day. Thank you my friend for another great vid:)!!
@@josephgaviota If you're eating frozen pot pies, calories are the *last* thing you need to worry about. In any case, calories are essentially meaningless.
The one food that takes me back to my childhood is chicken pot pie. My mom always made it from scratch, even the crust. Sometimes she would just put biscuit dough on top of the pie and it was fantastic as well.
Thumbs up!! Okay, lets sum this up here: The sausage and gravy pie looked really good, but the sodium is too much! No TVP in these pies had to be very disappointing...I hope you went to dollar store, to find some kind of frozen abysmal TVP meal to compensate. Finally I know you don't like peas. For them to jip you out of a pea, is atrocity! Got to have a good pea once in a while.
The chicken pot pie still has “Hydrolysed Soy Protein” which is just TVP by another name. The sausage pot pie has “Soy Protein Concentrate” which, again, is just TVP by another name.
Banquet frozen dinners were a staple for a few years when I was young and my mom got a job. So, Dad would bring home quite a number of dinners and lots of pot pies. I'm glad you did this video. I now have some in the freezer, and they are as good as I remember.
Thank you for bringing back many pleasant memories from my younger days. Been quite a few years since I even brought, much less eat a Banquet pot pie. I am old enough to remembered when Banquet pot pies were $0.25 each. The beef pot pies were my go to for a cheap, fast meals. Glad to see that they went back to the aluminum pie tins and got rid of those microwavable paper tins, which were an abomination.
Even Americans will be better off with his cheap meal recipes over the premade stuff. It's a curse, really... The homemade servings are typically larger and healthier. I'm pretty sure that's the whole point of his "cheap meal" series... to stop Americans from using poverty as an excuse to eat dangerously unhealthy. It's a huge problem here that's led to a national health crisis.
Man I remember dad buying these when I was a kid to treat ourselves, and I absolutely loved the beef and chicken pot pies. Seeing this makes me want to buy a pie or two to feel like a kid again for a bit!
I was pleased to see your strategy for eating these is the same as mine- -savor the crust, then scrape everything inward and scrape it for every bite. Frankly, I wished they made family sized versions of these. The veggies can be hit or miss, true, but one consistent star of all the Banquet products - all the gravies are delicious.
My family was a Swanson pot pie family. We used to stuff our freezers with the chicken and turkey pot pies when on sale and they were a great after school meal!
I don't know why or took me so long to find your channel. But you do an awesome job! Love your recipes and my favorite part is when you're showing a recipe you say some of you say you can eat more than 1 portion and good for you. Some can't.. you rock!
When I was a kid during the 1960's/1970's, Mom worked and we ate Morton Chicken Pot Pies, replaced now by Banquet, until I went to college in 1974. Much like Totino's Party sausage/pepperoni pizzas. I don't care what anyone else says, they still taste great and I will cherish them forever.
