Pasty is pronounced PASS-tea, and pastie is PASTE-ee. Pasties are said to be of Cornish origina -- and they evidently made it to the UP of Michigan in the dinner pails of Cornish miners that flocked here during the 19thcentury to live and work in the copper mines and the iron mines.
A pasty is made of meat - such as coarse-ground flank steak - diced or cubed or sometimes thin-sliced potatoes, and underground vegetables including rutabaga, sometimes carrot, onion, and so on. It is wrapped in a medium-tough pie crust and baked.
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