Chicken Pot Pie Unexpectedly Sparks Drama at Family Dinner

A chicken pot pie caused a stir at one Reddit user’s family dinner night.

“So I had a few people over and one of the easiest meals for me to make is a pot pie. To me a pot pie is just whatever you want inside of a crust. Chicken pot pie is usually leftover veggies with a thick gravy and crust. This time around I had fresh roasted hatch chilies and some corn and chicken, onions and kale. So that’s what I put inside, and I used my savory pie crust that has some cheddar and black pepper,” the Reddit user began.

“When I served it however I guess it really pissed off my brother-in-law Frank, who immediately started complaining asking, ‘What the f–k is this?’ and ‘How is this a pot pie?’ I told him it’s a pot pie and explained what I said above. He tried to argue that ‘a chicken pot pie shouldn’t have anything other than chicken, gravy, peas, carrots, and maybe potatoes,” they continued.

They told their brother-in-law they don’t “really see food in black and white.”

“No one said they had any allergies or issues with food so I didn’t think it would be an issue. He kept on scowling and pushed around the food and eventually left early,” the Reddit user added.

“In my family we really never kept recipes as hyper specific. We cook and eat what we have. I guess I figured most families were the same and that it’s just people on the internet who make a big deal out of recipes,” they concluded.

Users in the comments section had mixed reactions to the pie-related drama.

“While I can see why Frank may have expected a certain kind of pot pie and was perhaps disappointed to not get it, it doesn’t excuse his rude, ungrateful behavior towards someone who cooked for him. Everyone knows that the proper thing to do in this situation is to move the food around your plate, make an excuse about having a late lunch, and then stop at a drive-thru on the way home,” one user wrote.

“The issue here is nothing to do with the definition of ‘chicken pot pie.’ The issue is that you invited someone to your home, prepared and served him a meal, and he said ‘What the f–k is this?’ This is unacceptably rude guest behavior,” another shared.

“You pulled a bait and switch. You can say all you want that ‘pot pie is a whatever you want in a crust,’ but that’s like saying ‘shepherd’s pie is any pie a shepherd makes.’ Words are defined by their usage, they don’t mean things just because we want them to. ‘Chicken pot pie’ is the name of a specific dish,” someone else argued.