There is a shop nearby where I can buy prepared dinners that can be heated and eaten - "The Pantry."
I stop in now and then to buy a meal of something I would not cook for just me or I'd be eating nothing but that for a week!
I stopped in yesterday to get an individual serving of pot roast au jus with red potato and carrots. (Yum!)
The clerk told me they had a new item and asked me is I'd be interested in a PASTE-y. I flashed on the tassles stripteasers wear then I settled down!
The new item is a Pastie. This is a half-circle of pastry (like pie crust) stuffed with meat, shredded carrot, onion, and spices and herbs with edges crimped closed.

So, do you pronounce it like the clerk - using paste-y (reminds me of glue) - or do you use the past-ie pronunciation as I've heard it from my Irish Grandmother and by Welsh folks ?
And,when you've figured that out, which is correct?

Dear wow: I would have said long a, but my dictionary says short a:

My dictionary's phonetic symbols turn to garbage in AWADtalk.

past-ie traditonal cornish dish made with chuck steak potato. onion and pepper ONLY. A Devonish addition is swede and this is still allowed to be called a Cornish pasty but no carrot and definately no peas. My partners family is Cornish and they are evangelical on this subject. I have to say, pasties from cornwall are out of this world, usually about a foot across and succulent treats beyond compare. In the rest of the world they seem tobe rather dry tasteless pastry pockets, njot really deserving the name pasty. If you like I can send you a real Cornish recipe, they really are out of this world.

You want bad pasties, go to Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan. They really know how to make 'em bad there ...

Didn't we have a discussion about pasties a while back? See Bel's comment here [url]wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=14134[/url} sadly, the link referred to seems to get a 404 now.

As for pasties - I've seen them with a sweet and a savoury side - probably a bit disappointing if you bite into the wrong bit.

Which end is the wrong end?

Which end is the wrong end?

the one you were not expecting. . .

not expecting

Do they give you any hints?

I've seen them with a sweet and a savoury side

Yup - cos they were designed for Cornish tin-miners as an all-in-one meal, presumably baked by their wives. The miners' hands would be filthy, so they would eat the pasties by holding the pinched-down rind where the pastry is sealed [probably a better word for this], then discard it afterwards. As an all-in-one meal, a real pasty is pretty substantial. I don't think the sweet bit is essential - it's probably a matter of taste.

Couldn't agree more with dody - Cornish pasties are the best by far, in fact I'd say they're the only pasties. But you've also got to get 'em fresh and home-made really. Then they are heavenly. [drool]

Oh, and it's always a short "a" - PAH-stee.

You turned the wrong direction when you went over the Big Mac, Cap. I found some really good pasties in St. Ignace. [licking lips-e] Either that or I'm easily pleased.
The Yoopers call 'em past-eze.