Pasties ... was food.

[pbnesbit at msn.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., hamster8 at h... wrote:
> Jen said ... in response to something Joy said ...
> 
> "A pasty is like a pocket sandwich, pastry crust filled with meat,
> potatoes, root vegetables (turnips, e.g.).  I think it's 
> traditionally a Cornish food?  It's popular in the northern states 
> (the really northern ones, Michigan and so on)...  I can't say that 
> I've ever actually had one, though, so someone else'll have to 
> testify as to whether they're good or not..."
> 
> They are.  They are very good, especially if you have just got in 
> from the pub and are quite drunk.  But they need ketchup to taste, 
> and plenty of spices, otherwise they are bland as hell.  *Proper* 
> Cornish Pasties are traditionally filled with the entire meal, so 
> meat and potatoes at one end, moving on to apple turnover at the 
far 
> end (or so I'm led to believe) however the vast majority of them 
are 
> just meat and potatoes.
> 
> And it is true they guzzle them in the upper peninsula of Michigan, 
> of all places (not a place I've been) - they were brought over 
around 
> 150 years ago by Cornish tin miners, and stayed.  The Michigan 
pasty 
> has evolved though - whilst it is a Cornish pasty, just like the 
> Cornish ones, it is apparently as big as a good sized American 
> football (rugby ball ... tch), and is served with enough ketchup to 
> drown Rhode Island.  They are meant to be very bland and insipid, 
> more so than the Brit versions.  I have never tried an American 
one, 
> I just remembered Bill Bryson going on about it in 'The Lost 
> Continent'

(Snip the pumpkin pasty bit because just the thought of them makes me 
ill)


The ones *I* make are delicious--I don't put catsup on mine (perish 
the thought!--*that's* an abomination!)  When I can find my recipe, 
I'll post it.
> 
> > *Al saunters vaguely westwards*
> 
> Towards Charleston, Al?  

Peace & Plenty,

Parker