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Ah pasties. The miners in Cornwall and other parts of the UK invented them.
Elko county, NV is full of mines and there is a pastie shop in Elko. A very handy way to carry your food around. Sweet or savory.
The only other place I have seen pasties is Jamaica.
 
I can get pasties in Northeast Pa. I always associated them with the East European community, who were mostly coal miners. They may have learned about them from the English and Welch, who were their bosses down in the mines.

I was never a big fan of that dry dough but I'd eat one right now if I had one.
 
Pasties are available in the UP and some are tasty. I had a friend from Green Bay WI who had a side business commercially producing pasties, which were not. Sorry Pete.

When Gamma mentioned poutine, the best I have ever had was from a small mom and pop food trailer parked in an alley between two commercial buildings in Ignace ON, a small place on the Trans-Canadian highway where Hwy 599 heads north. When I complimented the counter guy he told me the excellent gravy which dressed the fries was his wife’s mother’s recipe. Really good burgers too.
 
The only good and sensible thing that can come from this thread is a permanent rambling detour drift (IMO).
Savoury pastries is as good as any. The Cornish mining roots of pasties is intriguing. No doubt there be cousins, and the cultural meandering of food and its connections to kith and kin and world wandering history completes the journey. My wife has made them, tho rarely. They're not a common "hand pie" I've encountered. I must get oot n aboot more.
 
I have never eaten a pasty, indeed, I have never even seen one. I am well versed in French Canadian cuisine, my wife being an authentic habitant and skilled cooker and raconteur of all things French Canadian.

In an effort to permanently nuke the original dark intent of this thread, I will now expose you fine people to a genre of movies that has completely spoiled me for all other movie viewing. In an attempt to learn more of the French language, I have insisted to my wife that we watch French Canadian movies on Netflix. They all have English subtitles, and I find that reading along as the people speak has greatly enhanced my ability to start to understand. These movies are extremely unique, witty and original.

The one I watched two nights ago was called My Internship in Canada. Briefly, it follows an independent member of parliament in Northern Quebec who suddenly finds that he has become the deciding vote on whether or not Canada should enter a war in the Middle East (I know, very topical at the moment, but purely coincidental).

He has an extreme fear of flying, so he must drive everywhere. Suddenly, the Indigenous population of the area block the highway to protest the slash and burn tactics of the local forest company. Just as he negotiates a temporary settlement with the Indigenous, the logging company blocks the highway. Finally after getting them to let him through, the local mining company shuts down the highway. He must get to Ottawa to place his vote, so in what I consider to be the highlight of the film, him and his Haitian Intern jump in a canoe and paddle several hours through the Quebec wilderness to get around the highway blockades.

Best representation of Canadian Culture I have ever witnessed in a movie!

Also, for my fellow Canadians who are familiar with the French expletive "Tabernac", it is quite hilarious to see the subtitles make this one word mean about 15 different swear words. Someone says TABERNAC, and the subtitles say "F@ck". Someone else says it and the subtitles say "Holy F@ck", or "Holy Sh!t". In another instance, it becomes "@sshole". Someone fluent in the Tabernac has a PHD in cussing, and is much to be admired.

Tabernac! That's enough pontificating for one morning!
 
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