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#80846
09/15/2002 2:50 PM
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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?
 
 
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#80847
09/15/2002 4:22 PM
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Dear wow: I would have said long a, but my dictionary says short a:
 My dictionary's phonetic symbols turn to garbage in AWADtalk.
 
 
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#80848
09/15/2002 5:14 PM
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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.
 
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#80849
09/15/2002 7:23 PM
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You want bad pasties, go to Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan.  They really know how to make 'em bad there ...
 
 
 The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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#80850
09/15/2002 9:55 PM
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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.
 
 
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#80851
09/16/2002 12:39 AM
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Which end is the wrong end?
 
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#80852
09/16/2002 7:36 AM
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Which end is the wrong end?
 the one you were not expecting. . .
 
 
 
 
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#80853
09/16/2002 9:08 AM
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not expecting
 Do they give you any hints?
 
 
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#80854
09/16/2002 10:20 AM
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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.
 
 
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#80855
09/28/2002 5:33 PM
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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. |  |  |  | 
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