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Originally Posted by cinnamongrrl563

I DONT REALLY EAT PORK ANYMORE....BUT I WOULD TRY IT AT LEAST ONCE...and i loveyee sweet taters.....they are prevalent in african cooking also... i just bake em and throw some sea salt on...done diddly..they carry themselves....
french meat pie...is basically the same filling i remember my memere making for thanksgiving. its a combination of hamburger, salt pork and i believe sausage. then add mashed potatoes and spices..throw it in a pie crust and freeze them or bake them...around here they sell for big bucks because they are labor intensive...like making golombki and pierogiy....so you make a lot of them...or go in shares with someone else who likes them and pay half the cost of the ingredients and split the yield. we used to do that all the time...and its such a comforting winter meal..serve it with a nice gravy and a veggie....done and done....

Wow fascinating! I never had such a pie. I need to get out more.

Friends do this with Tamales, Ravioli, Pastry, canning, confections such as truffles at holiday time..anytime that an item is well loved and labor intensive it is so good to share that process with others.

There are a few places in the SF bay area that I love for Dim Sum and I see the assembly line of dumplings being made by many hands. It is a very cool cultural event, that in all parts of the world there are foods that are so sought after that we have to make them by the truckload. lol