what i eat as an Unemployed and Broke Person

He made a chicken pie, struggling with pastry that stuck to plastic, melted, tore, and seemed too thin. Chicken stock and crème fraîche produced a creamy garlic filling; he called the result his best homemade pie. The pastry baked soft, chewy, oily, and unlike standard pie crust, but the flavor worked; he planned saving leftovers for his girlfriend.

Kitchen frustration becomes experimentation and encouragement, aligning with his recent move toward low-cost domestic content.