There will be nothing left...

...of your Thanksgiving leftovers after you make this.
Here is the recipe for my very favorite Pot Pie.  I procured this gem whilst a member of church choir.  After the service each week there would be a potluck gathering in the social hall, and one of my fellow choir members, a very nice lady from the south, would sometimes bring this dish.  It is delicious.  An honorable end to your majestic Thanksgiving bird.
Enjoy!

Pot Pie

1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped carrot
1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup flour
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup milk
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
4 cups chopped, cooked chicken or turkey
pastry for one 9" 2-crust pie

Saute onion,celery, & carrot in butter for 10 min. Add flour, stirring well, cook for one min., stirring constantly.  Combine broth and milk, gradually stir into vegetable mixture.  Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick and bubbly.  Add salt, pepper, and chicken (or turkey), stir well.  Line a pie plate or baking dish with the pastry.  Pour in filling, top with pastry.  Cut slits to allow for steam to escape.  Decorate if desired, and brush with beaten egg.  Bake at 400F for 40 min., or until crust is golden brown.

Above- Pie Filling, ready to add to the pastry.

Red Owl

I happened across the most adorable logo the other day, as I was randomly typing words into google search.  It's for the Red Owl grocery store...

 So of course this made me want to find one and shop there, but alas, I think I may never have this opportunity.  I'll let you read the Wikipedia definition:


Red Owl was a grocery store chain in the United States, headquartered in Hopkins, Minnesota. Founded in 1922, it was initially owned and operated by Gamble-Skogmo,^[1] opening its first store in Rochester, Minnesota that year^[2]. It eventually had stores throughout the upper Midwest, opening a store in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1927^[3]. The chain briefly expanded into the Chicago area starting in late 1959, but in 1963 sold its Chicago area operations to National Tea Company. In 1980, Gamble-Skogmo was acquired by Wickes Corporation, which sold the chain to three executives of the chain in January 1986.^[4]. At that time, the company operated 441 stores in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and North and South Dakota. In December 1988, the rights to the Red Owl name were obtained by grocery wholesaler Supervalu Inc.^[5]
As of November 2010^[update], there was one Red Owl Grocery stores remaining: Masons Red Owl in Green Bay, Wisconsin.^[5]
The start of the Mary Tyler Moore television show has the lead character in a Red Owl meat department.

I don't think I will find myself in Wisconsin anytime soon.  The photograph below is of a Red Owl in North Dakota, back in the day.