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Food roast · 61% slop

Is Chicken Pot Pie Healthy? Seed oil trap

Frozen trays sell grandma's hug while delivering industrial shortening and midweek regret.

July 25, 2026 About Chicken Pot Pie

Real chicken in seed-oil gravy for the nostalgia cosplay crowd.

The Take

Chicken Pot Pie scores 61 Slop because the crust and gravy traded butter for vegetable oils and processed thickeners.

The comfort classic now signals lazy nostalgia rather than actual homemade skill.

Skip the frozen tray. Buy a whole chicken, tallow, and make it yourself — actual based pie.

Slop Score: 61

Yes, most commercial crusts rely on vegetable shortening or oils instead of butter.

Yes, frozen versions pack natural flavors, long additive lists, and hidden thickeners.

Cost, shelf life, and industrial scaling replaced pre-1990 butter recipes.

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Skip the frozen tray. Buy a whole chicken, tallow, and make it yourself — actual based pie.

Single ingredient, zero excuses

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Single ingredient. Civilization's oldest flex.

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The mirror that grades the slop — including itself

Nature's original single-ingredient fuel

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Water. The original based beverage. No notes.

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Single-ingredient produce, great-grandma's go-to

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