Recipe for pasties.

United States
December 25, 2006 12:00am CST
Does anybody out there have a good recipe for pasties? I haven't had a good one since I left Yoopercountry.
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enchantedleppard
@enchantedleppard (1541)
• United States
15 Mar 07
What is a pastie and where did it originate? I have never heard of them.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (157652)
• United States
19 Mar 07
A cornish pasty - This is a photo from Wikipedia of a traditional Cornish pasty.
A pasty (or pastie) is a hand held meat pie. It can have potatoes, onions, carrots, rutabagas. They are put into the crust uncooked, then cooked all together. In the United States you find them in the upper penninsula of Michigan, they were brought to this country by Cornish and Welsh immigrants. Traditional lunch box fare for miners. UP of Mich. is known for iron and copper mines.
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finlander60
@finlander60 (1804)
• United States
19 Mar 07
Gerty, If you are not a Yooper, you should be. You seem to have everything just right. Some of the locals also call it God's Country.
Oxonian
@Oxonian (25)
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4 Feb 07
Mmm, pasties. Luckily these days I have a shop right down in the city centre that does pasties for less than £2, but I remember the days when I would make my own at home. They are great, and if you freeze them (Ah! How awful, I know...) they can provide you with easy lunches for weeks. I'd recommend the site http://www.allrecipes.com. Run a search for 'pasties' and all sorts of results will pop up. See which one sounds most like the pasties that you are used to, as the recipes do vary quite a bit. Also a great site for recipes, over all! Hope you find something that work!
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monica1216
@monica1216 (509)
• United States
6 Feb 07
I have never had a "pastie" but now I'm curious so thanks for mentioning something NEW that I know nothing about! I also have to agree that http://www.allrecipes.com is just the BEST site to find a recipe for just about anything!
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lilaclady
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
25 Dec 06
yeh pasties don't have that taste anymore, I don't even know what it is that is now missing, I love pasties but they definitely are missing something important these days.
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finlander60
@finlander60 (1804)
• United States
25 Dec 06
Thank you for your response. When and where did you have your last pastie?
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (157652)
• United States
25 Dec 06
Isn't that a meat pie with rutabagas? I have never made one. I would put onions and mushrooms in mine. Or maybe just eat a bierock.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (157652)
• United States
19 Mar 07
Bierock - A bierock is a hand held meat pie, brought to the USW by the Germans, find it in Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma. In Nebraska they make Runza, which is much like it.
A bierock is German meat pie, hand held. It is usually filled with ground beef, sometimes, cheese, cabbage and onion. We have them at school occasionally. They do not look quite like this picture, but you get the idea. You find them in Kansas. In Nebraska you find Runza, which are much the same.
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finlander60
@finlander60 (1804)
• United States
19 Mar 07
Thank you for the lesson in Regional Cuisine. I will treasure it forever.
finlander60
@finlander60 (1804)
• United States
25 Dec 06
You have the basic idea right. What's a bierock?
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tlex107250
@tlex107250 (667)
• United States
25 Dec 06
Yah hey, I haven't had a pastie since I was in yooper country along time ago. I'm sure that you can find a recipe on the internet for them, or contact a yooper to get you a good recipe. I personally like the meat pastie, with either ketchup or hot sauce. Good luck aye.
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finlander60
@finlander60 (1804)
• United States
25 Dec 06
So tlex, where abouts in Yooperland were you? I'm from Crystal Falls. If you ever get some Jalapeno Ketchup it's really good on pasties.
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