{"id":289,"date":"2018-11-10T01:32:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T01:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/?p=289"},"modified":"2018-11-10T01:32:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T01:32:38","slug":"the-handpies-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/2018\/11\/10\/the-handpies-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"The Handpie\u2019s Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to my better half &#8212; who I\u2019ll celebrate 6 years of marriage with tomorrow &#8212; for the title of this week\u2019s blog post. It&#8217;s true. I&#8217;m making hand pies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-286\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-286\" src=\"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181106_1832456782818722984255773-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181106_1832456782818722984255773-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181106_1832456782818722984255773-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181106_1832456782818722984255773-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meat hand pie ingredients.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When he said it, though, it was just one of those dumb puns he always &#8212; *always* &#8212; makes. But when I made hand pies on Election Day to keep sorta sane, his phrase seemed especially apropos.<\/p>\n<p>Like my feelings about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Handmaids-Tale-Margaret-Atwood-ebook\/dp\/B003JFJHTS\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1541730671&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=handmaids+tale+book\">book<\/a>, I had some mixed thoughts about the election night. But more than that, it was another election where I had to think about women, and women\u2019s role in our political world.<\/p>\n<p>I promise I\u2019ll get to the hand pies, but first:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I was ecstatic to see Iowa go from 3 Republicans with 1 Democrat to the reverse, and have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrg.com\/content\/news\/Voters-elect-Iowas-first-and-second-congresswomen-in-Midterm-elections-499994691.html\">two Democratic women<\/a> succeed two Republican men;<\/li>\n<li>Democrats got the U.S. House for the 1st time in 8 years, likely signaling the return of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/record-number-of-women-appear-headed-for-congress\/2018\/11\/06\/76a9e60a-e1eb-11e8-8f5f-a55347f48762_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.c9ef06cf02a0\">100 women were elected<\/a>, many of them women of color. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/career-politics\/a24232493\/who-is-rashida-tlaib-first-muslim-congresswoman\/\">Woot<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/11\/06\/politics\/sharice-davids-and-deb-haaland-native-american-women\/index.html\">Woot<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2018\/11\/06\/election-results-2018-women-minority-candidates-history-firsts\/1912048002\/\">Woot<\/a>!;<\/li>\n<li>And yet, I was so disappointed that Iowa\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2018\/11\/05\/iowa-election-2018-results-governor-republican-kim-reynolds-democrat-fred-hubbell-jake-porter-vote\/1732343002\/\">Aunt Lydia<\/a>, to shamelessly steal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/4\/29\/17298834\/michelle-wolf-jokes-sarah-huckabee-sanders-whcd-maggie-haberman-press-aunt-lydia\">Michelle Wolf\u2019s WHCD joke<\/a>, was officially elected as Iowa\u2019s first woman governor, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/news-politics\/a24752885\/steve-king-reelected\/\">re-election<\/a> of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/steve-king-iowa-house-wins_us_5be19760e4b09d43e322fa35\">racist<\/a> campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaroRCummings\/status\/1057699902749335558\">co-chair<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/blakemontgomery\/steve-king-asked-white-supremacist\">Steve<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/iowa-rep-steve-king-austria-white-nationalist_us_5bca4851e4b0a8f17eec6001\">King<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/white-women-voters-conservative-trump-gop-problem\">white women<\/a>, please stop voting for the GOP. Tell me what I can do to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/11\/7\/18064260\/midterm-elections-turnout-women-trump-exit-polls\">convince more<\/a> of you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of this was unknown to me as I made my hand pies, but the questions of how it would all turn out was bubbling under the surface. I was full of anxiety, and as I once swore while cooking, my sweetie suggested I shouldn\u2019t have taken on such a complicated project when I was already distracted.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, it was the sort of frustration I could control.<\/p>\n<p>As I reminded him, and myself: I had gone through this before; I knew it&#8217;d turn out fine; and even if every bit didn\u2019t turn out perfect, it was going to be OK. As the election results have continued to pour in since Tuesday, I\u2019m starting to feel the same about our country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-287\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-287\" src=\"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181108_1936484441573390443995208-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181108_1936484441573390443995208-258x300.jpg 258w, http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181108_1936484441573390443995208-768x894.jpg 768w, http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181108_1936484441573390443995208-880x1024.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hand pies not handmaids!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here\u2019s what I did, slightly tweaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/profiles\/talent\/amy-thielen\">Amy Thielen\u2019<\/a>s recipe from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-Midwestern-Table-Heartland-Recipes\/dp\/0307954870\">The New Midwestern Table<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24 oz. ground beef (or mix of ground meats, but on a cold evening, trust me, the beef is the perfect level of heartiness)<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd c. rutabaga, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 c. onion, diced (about 1 medium onion)<\/li>\n<li>1 c. carrots, diced (about 2 small, or 1 \u00bd medium)<\/li>\n<li>2 t. fresh rosemary, minced<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc c. sour cream<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc c. fresh parsley, minced<\/li>\n<li>Salt and pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>2 homemade crust doughs (Amy\u2019s recipe at the bottom, but technically, any pie-like crust would do, though milk is recommended vs water for heartiness)<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make the crust in advance, and divide into 6 equal disks. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 2 days.<\/p>\n<p>Heat oven to 375 degrees, and line a large sheet pan with parchment paper.<\/p>\n<p>Combine the meat and vegetables in a large bowl. Add salt, pepper, rosemary, parsley, and sour cream. Mix until well combined.<\/p>\n<p>Roll out the chilled dough until you have an 8-inch round. (Save your extras if you cut the edges, as I found I had a little extra meat mixture, so I had 7 hand pies, with one being smaller.)<\/p>\n<p>Place meat mixture on one half of one round, and flip the other half of the dough on top of the meat mixture. Press the edges of the round together to seal in the meat mixture. Repeat with the remaining rounds until the meat and dough is used up.<\/p>\n<p>Place the half-moon, meat-filled crescents on the parchment-paper lined sheet pan. Try to leave room between them, though my sheet pan wasn\u2019t quite big enough, and it turned out OK to leave a very minimal amount of space (this might have been when I swore).<\/p>\n<p>Beat the egg with a bit of water (about 2 T., though I didn\u2019t measure), and brush the tops of the hand pies with the mixture.<\/p>\n<p>Bake for about 45 minutes until golden brown, let cool slightly, and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><em>Pie dough crust *for 2 pie doughs * from Amy Thielen:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Use a pastry blender or 2 butter knives or your two fingers to combine 2 \u00bd c. all-purpose flour with 2 sticks (16 T.) of unsalted butter. Place an egg yolk in a measuring cup, and fill with milk until \u2154 c. full (about \u00bd c. milk). Mix the eggs and milk, and then pour into the flour mixture. Stir with a fork, and\/or your fingers until the dough is combined, adding more milk if necessary. Divide into 6 disks, and refrigerate until ready to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to my better half &#8212; who I\u2019ll celebrate 6 years of marriage with tomorrow &#8212; for the title of this week\u2019s blog post. It&#8217;s true. I&#8217;m making hand pies. When he said it, though, it was just one of those dumb puns he always &#8212; *always* &#8212; makes. But when I made hand pies &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/2018\/11\/10\/the-handpies-tale\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Handpie\u2019s Tale&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,8,1],"tags":[200,198,201,197,204,199,203,202],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}