noun General Slang

pasty

· noun · midwest

A Cornish-style folded hand pie of meat and potato, beloved in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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Pronounced 'PASS-tee' (not 'paste-y'). A half-moon pastry stuffed with diced beef, potato, onion, rutabaga and a pinch of pepper, baked till golden. Brought to the U.P. by Cornish copper miners in the 1800s and adopted by every wave that followed. Eat with gravy if you're a downstater, ketchup if you're a Yooper — the debate is real.

“We stopped in Ishpeming for pasties on the drive up.”
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pasty In A Sentence

We stopped in Ishpeming for pasties on the drive up.

Origin & Usage

Cornish miners brought the pasty to Michigan's copper country in the mid-19th century; it spread through Finnish and other immigrant mining communities and became the regional dish of the U.P.

Variants pastie
Tags #michigan#upper-peninsula#food#cornish

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