Pasty Time

[Magicman]

OK, the Pig Roast is all about eating, so eating the local food is part of the trip.  While visiting the Masonic Lodge in Harrison, I found out the the Masons there make and sell Pasties as their fundraiser to sponsor their scholarship program.  They sell beef and chicken Pasties, so we bought both, and filled the freezer in the RV.

Pasties are a meat pie similar to Pot Pies, but are folded over, instead of a pie shell and top.  Along with the meat, there is diced potato, carrot, and rutabaga.  Well, I do not care for "rutabegger", but that is just part of Pasties, so I just eat it all, and it is very good.


 
Fresh out of the oven.


 
OK, so I like gravy with my Pasty.


 
This picture is without a flash and shows the ingredients very well.     

[clww]

Looks great on that new counter top, Lynn.

[Magicman]

That brought an instant smile on my face.   

Due to some gentle persuasion, I edited and removed the "ie" and replaced it with a "y".   

[Norm]

Looks pretty darn good to me too!

I'd eat gravy on everything if I could....stupid calories.  :D

[chevytaHOE5674]

I can tell you were introduced to them south of the bridge as gravy is a troll thing :D. Most Yoopers eat them plain or with catsup. Thursday night is our "traditional" pasty night around here, so I can tell you what is for dinner tomorrow.

[Buck]

Those look good! 

[Ironwood]

I am still teasing my wife on the "ie", y thing......and I still pronounce it MY way ;D

Ironwood

[Chris Burchfield]

Norm, gravy is the food of life.  Coffee is for those who need it thinned out a bit.  :D :D :D

[sandhills]

Magic that looks great!  But, uhm, I don't see the grits  ???   

[LeeB]

And here I thought a pasty was something from the old burlesque days.  :D

[Dodgy Loner]

And here I thought a pasty was something from the old burlesque days.  :D

Shortly after crossing into the U.P. during our recent trip through Michigan, we saw a sign at a gas station that said "Gram's Pasties". Dad and I were both pretty sure we didn't want to stop there :D

We did drop by a pasty joint in Munising and it was not bad. I still prefer a plain ole chicken pot pie, though

[Shotgun]

Dodgy

You need to get a good pasty.  Not all pasties are good pasties.

Norm

[chevytaHOE5674]

Not all pasties are good pasties.

Norm

Ain't that the truth. And a "good" pasty is all up to the individual eater. Some like a bland pasty and some like one with a little more spice and kick to it. There is differences in the crust, some are dry and flaky others are moist and firm.

Personally if your in the western UP there is no better pasty then one from Henry's Inn in Rockland, Mi. But others find them too spicy, theres also a pasty joint in Iron River, Mi that has a decent pasty tho it is on the blander side of the scale.

[Norm]

That's interesting you eat them with ketchup. Maybe even above gravy I like ketchup on almost everything!

[LOGDOG]

Yep those pasties look pretty good. I like ketchup on mine vs. gravy but I wouldn't turn my nose up at gravy either. I saw something the other day that some here may be interested in. It's a folding tool for making empanadas. Empanadas are basically just like a pasty. Mom used to make big batches of pasties and freeze them on cookie sheets so that all we had to do is put however many we needed for dinner on a cookie sheet in the oven and then maybe some sides. This folder would come in handy if you wanted to make up a big batch.

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=10498.0
Reply #9.

Down here we have Natchitoches Meat Pies. You can Google it. I'm friends with the owner of the company. It's a spicier version of the pasty with a finer grind of meat and no big chinks of vegetables. I'll take a pasty over a meat pie any day but that's probably my WI heritage showing through. 

[Jeff]

I actually don't care for those Harrison Pasties.  One year we did have honest to goodness western U.P. pasties here at the pig roast on the Friday night before. Chet and the Wax Lady sent them down. I can guarantee, they know what a good pasty is. 

I'd heard that in the west end, in the mining communities, that a good pasty crust was one that could be caught intact when dropped down a 100 foot shaft so it could then be heated on a shovel.

[Bill Gaiche]

Looks good MM. Did we ever get an update on the kitchen project? bg

[Bill Gaiche]

Never mind MM about the follow up. I just spotted it. Looks great. Man those bisquits,eggs, bacon, sausage and grits are really gona be good comming from that new makeover. bg

[DR Buck]

And here I thought a pasty was something from the old burlesque days.  :D

Shortly after crossing into the U.P. during our recent trip through Michigan, we saw a sign at a gas station that said "Gram's Pasties". Dad and I were both pretty sure we didn't want to stop there :D

We did drop by a pasty joint in Munising and it was not bad. I still prefer a plain ole chicken pot pie, though

I agree with your thinking.  I opened this thread expecting to read something similar to the lunchtime trips we made to the base club when I was on active duty in the early 70s.   

[Dodgy Loner]

Dodgy

You need to get a good pasty.  Not all pasties are good pasties.

Norm

We ate at Muldoon's, which was highly rated, but that was probably by a bunch of tourists, so who knows if the locals actually eat there. I would prefer a spicier pasty - the ones we had were pretty bland. I shoulda used ketchup!

[tyb525]

Mmm boy that looks good with the gravy!! Never had one but I do love pot pies

[chevytaHOE5674]

I'd heard that in the west end, in the mining communities, that a good pasty crust was one that could be caught intact when dropped down a 100 foot shaft so it could then be heated on a shovel.

I've heard that too, and unfortunately many of the pasty's that you buy wouldn't hold up to being dropped 10 feet let alone 100.

[WDH]

I have had the meat pies in Natichitoches, LA and I have had meat pies in Tumut, Austraila.  Now, it will soon be time for me to have a UP pasty (pastie).  That is on the agenda post-Pig Roast next year.  A man has to experience life.

[Jeff]

I have had the meat pies in Natichitoches, LA and I have had meat pies in Tumut, Austraila.  Now, it will soon be time for me to have a UP pasty (pastie).  That is on the agenda post-Pig Roast next year.  A man has to experience life.

Its about time!  Are you going with me to the cabin for a day or two or three?

[WDH]

Yes!!!!

[thecfarm]

Do I hear 4!!!!

Watch him Jeff. He may have some grits in his back pocket.

[Jeff]

The bears love corn.

[Magicman]

My first pasty was at a restaurant beside the Soo.  Last year we ate a couple and bought more frozen ones at a restaurant just South of the "bridge".

That gravy was PatD's so I can assure you that it was good.   

[Nebraska]

 

 
My first pasty, from the 3 seasons Cafe in Manistique  MI. We came up to the U.P. for my neices graduation this weekend,  headed back southwest towards home this evening.  Figured this was a good place to park this picture.

[Jeff]

Don't let the natives see da gravy. I choose Gravy too. Ketchup, bleck!

[Magicman]

Ta heck wid da natives, I could deal wif dat Pasty.  digin1

[WV Sawmiller]

   You guys are making me hungry but I'm still back with Lee thinking bad thoughts when I see the term pasties. Are you real sure they aren't supposed to be called "Pastries"? ???

 I had little meat filled pies my maid in Africa used to moonlight and sell to local outdoor bars and such. I'd get her to make and freeze a bunch for me to throw in the oven or deep fryer for a snack. She'd even add green beans cross cut into 1/4" sections in her fill and a little bit of hot pepper so every once in a while one would bite back. I'd get her to make 25-30 and she'd take my little cooler home with her and return them in it piping hot on the weekends when we'd have a card game. They were a big hit.

 In Saudi they made something similar called a Samboosa or Samboosak IIRC. They would either fry or sometimes bake them in the big ceramic ovens they used to make the thick chewy bread (KUBZ) we'd eat with hummus or fuul (Spicy, mashed up chickpeas). They would slap the bread dough or uncooked samboosas on the side/walls of the very hot oven for a minute or two then remove them when cooked done. They were very good.

The ones I'm seeing in these pictures look like what they used to make and called a "Horseshoe" in Mongolia. They were very good and a real treat when we'd get them.

[K-Guy]

Howard
It is Pasties. I don't know why but that is from England long ago.

[WV Sawmiller]

   I don't doubt it is pasty and now knowing it came from the UK helps explain the origin and the confusion. Them people over there speaking that there British English never could get their tangs untoungled enough to speak proper English so when our ancestors got to America (Leaving at night and one step ahead of a lynch mob if the truth be known) they got that speaking thing straightened out. We also helped with the spelling taking out a bunch of unnecessary "u's" and  using proper "i's" (which are true vowels) instead of "y's" which everyone knows are really consonants anyway. :D

   Anyway, those little fried/baked pies sure look good. digin_2

[K-Guy]

Almost every culture has some kind of dough/pastry stuffed with meat, vegetables or fruit.

[beenthere]

Howard, don't let the past days of burlesque and experiences guide you through life.  8) :D ;D

[Ron Scott]

These famous UP pasties have been there longer than the Mackinaw Bridge.



 

[WV Sawmiller]

  Yeah but those dang flashbacks just keep running through  my head...

  One minute it is a burlesque show the next I'm crawling under my truck in the Wal Mart parking lot looking for trip wires and grenades in the tailpipe then when I try to sleep the wild animals keep coming back in my dreams. And the voices in my head tell me to play louder. : :

[Ron Scott]

Last night's pasty from Florence, WI available at the local Walmart grocery.

[Ron Scott]

Today's pasty sale at the Lutheran Church in Michigan's UP at Iron River, Chet's hometown; an annual fund raiser. Hope Chet froze me some. ;)  


 

 

[WV Sawmiller]

  digin1 digin_2

[thecfarm]

DanG, another great sale I missed!!!!

[Ron Scott]

Another Michigan Pasty. Albies Famous Beef Pasty from Gaylord, Michigan.