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Re: [OM] It's a Fence of Course with no Horse

Subject: Re: [OM] It's a Fence of Course with no Horse
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:42:53 -0400
Ah, well.  Since the subject was lack of spice I'd have been safer to 
just say somewhere in the British Isles.  :-)

Chuck Norcutt


On 3/20/2012 8:08 PM, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
> Close...but no cigar!  Pasties were originally food for Cornish tin
> miners. the Welsh ( coal miners) would not appreciate being thought
> of as Cornish, and I am sure the Cornish would not appreciate being
> thought of as Welsh!   ;o)>
>
> Regards John Duggan, Wales, UK
>
>
> ________________________________ From: Chuck
> Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Olympus Camera
> Discussion<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, 20 March 2012,
> 17:38 Subject: Re: [OM] It's a Fence of Course with no Horse
>
> My experience with pasties is that they were totally devoid of any
> spice.  When you consider that they originated as lunch food for
> Welsh miners the lack of spice makes perfect sense... if not perfect
> taste. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 3/20/2012 11:42 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>> Pasties would have caused me to leave the UP if it weren't for
>>> the fried walleye that convinced me to stay a bit.  :-)
>>
>> Oh, come on. You weren't up there long enough.
>>
>> My first experience with pasties did leave me, uh, a little
>> disappointed. I was expecting something different than a cassarole
>> in an edible envelope. Perfect for mailing off to those starving
>> children in some far off land. I've had a couple since then and I'm
>> not sure my feelings really have improved too much.
>>
>> The whole reason for going to Mackinaw City is Bell's Fishery.
>> Without a doubt, the best smoked fish in the country. Going north,
>> I'd always buy bunch of fish and chow on that for the remainder of
>> the trip. Total avoidance of pasties was accomplished.
>>
>> Pasties... Maybe that's why they drink so much in the UP?
>>
>> AG
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