A “pasty” is the Cornish version of a filled pastry, other versions of which include the calzone, empanada, knish, samosa, and pirozhki. There aren’t enough Cornishmen in Southern California for pasty culture to have properly formed. There were quite a number of them involved in hard rock mining in the northern part of the state, though, and pasties are part of the local culture in many areas.

My POLISH grandmother even made them for my Scotch/Irish/German/Who–knows-what-else grandfather to take to work. Somehow pasty-making was not handed down in my mother’s line, despite having Cornish immigrants in it. I grew up with my grandmother’s Polish-American pasty/pierogi combination version, supplemented by some from local Cornish descendants. I was disappointed with what I could find in the UK. Maybe we need to make certain that we have some proper pasties at the next MoM.

There’s an excellent Wikipedia article that tells you more than you may want to know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty

We had some at the last MOM, at Talula's. I ate one...with red wine.

I am sure only we who live in this area know what a pasty is and have had one or more as the case may be.

There is a part of Michigan that is called the UP, its that no mans land attached to Wisconsin, it is there that you will find the Polka and the Pasty, I like one and not the other, go figure.

DD:D River

Pasty...I wonder why those nipple ornaments came to mind

Come one, come all to sunny Southern California. It was 113 F. at 3:00pm today aarrggh

Send me rain, snow, cool air anything.

Take a trip to my area. We just made it past 70 today. Be in the low 50's tonight. Will not even hit 80 this week.

Ohio has been cool at night. Much cooler than normal. Still need the AC during the day. Will try to send some cool your way.

Here in overcast western Wisconsin it was almost time to get a jacket if you went outside. It was just damn right cold out and its the middle of July, :(:( .

However I would much rather have a day like we had then a day like you had. DD:D 113deg. argh.

River

ALMOST time?

First thing I did was buy another hoodie up there!

And we didn't have any pastys this year!

BAH!

Well, the wolf pulled a boner this month. I overspent on groceries and eating out and was unable to pay anything on my utilities. I called all five: Verizon, Time Warner, Southern Calif Gas, Edison and the City Water company and they all agreed to wait till September 2.

What nice creditors.

My house guests say they would leave anytime I asked them. On the plus side, I'd save on my food bill. On the minus, I'd have to do my own cooking, dishes, vacuuming, clean my own bathrooms, the laundry, yard work and set the trash out each week.

I think I'll keep them a while longer. I don't have to pay them much. The mom wants two cans of beer a week and the daughter wants "all my change."