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Having had them in England, I think they are prounced to rhyme

 

with  Nasty - the A is a Long Hard one.

 

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Bet @dulwich eats them while wearing her special tiara!

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This was a strong tradition in my family. We has "pasty" at least once a week when I was growing up. My mom said it came from our English roots. She was 100% English on both sides- her grandfather came directly from England as an adult.

 

 

Anyway my family's version was like a regular pie, using ground beef, potatoes, and onions, layered with butter. I loved it!

 

So it was one of the first things I made after I was on my own. DH is not a fan. I tried later on with my children. They are not fans either. I stopped making them.

 

 

Both of my mom's brothers were young widowers (one remarried). My one uncle called one day and said he'd found a frozen version that "came close" to what we were used to. Unfortunately we couldn't get it where we lived.

 

 

 

 I have some of my mom's favorite recipes, and there are some I took for granted and watched her make that she never wrote down. She typed this on an index card for me, and I'm glad she did!  Smiley Happy

 

 

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We bought them when I was a kid.They had stands in Michigan on the UP. I've made them. They often have rutabags in them. They were tradtionally made for miners.

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@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:

Ok, I'm confused.  I Googled the word pastie before I posted and saw pictures of what I had for dinner and lunch.I wanted the correct spelling.

 

I didn't want it confused with stripper gear.

 

Now I see pasty.

 

Which is it?


I've seen them spelled both ways up here.

 

I had an elderly neighbor who was Finnish and she would ask me to bring her back a few when I traveled. It's true that many versions contain rutabeggas but they vary tremendously.

 

The UP is heavily Finnish and those hardy souls that worked in the copper mines from Copper Harbor south would carry them in their lunch buckets. 

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

LOL! Oh lord help me!

 

When I read this thread title I immediatedly thought it was about 'pasties' that strippers wear!!

 

I'm really losing it!

 

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

LOL! Oh lord help me!

 

When I read this thread title I immediatedly thought it was about 'pasties' that strippers wear!!

 

I'm really losing it!

 

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You are not alone !!!!

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@Just Bling wrote:

This post is no different than the "Hummer" one....I thought someone was thinking about buying the new $100,000 Hummer vehicle.

 

So what makes this post funnier is you have a "Retired" OP'r and she finally  got her 1st pastie.   So what took you so long?

 

 

 

These are not easy to make, the dough needs TLC to keep it tender, the filling takes time to put together and by the time you are done and how many it makes, you are better off finding out who made those and order more.   You can also find them in the freezer section in the grocery store but you will be disappointed with the mass produced product.


Agreed but if you're anywhere near a Scottish grocer you might find home made ones there.

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@Melzie   It took me so long because I live in a one horse town in the country. lol

 

Scottish grocer?  I am 20 miles round trip from a basic Weis or Walmart.

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Oops, wrong person.  I was trying to read around my cat on the laptop.

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I had a British friend who made these and she corrected my pronunciation (because mine inferred the "other" kind). She said it's pronounced pass-tee.