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I haven't had the pleasure of dining in Pennsylvania but a pot pie would have crust imo.

That's where you're WRONG!!! lol You will never find it south of the Mason-Dixon line but Pennsylvania Dutch "bott boi" chicken pot pie (so, with thick noodles) is probably my favorite comfort food from growing up.

Do you ever fix dishes from back home? I wish to God that I could still be in my grandmother's kitchen.
Not really. My mom didn't make a lot of stuff (she lost her mom at 16) and didn't really teach me anything. Our family favorite Sunday or special occasion meal was ham loaf, which is another Pennsylvania Dutch thing, which her stepmother would make. I've tried it but it wasn't the same.