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Default What is Pasty Meat?

On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:52:21 -0700, US Janet >
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>On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:52:36 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:03:42 -0000, Janet > wrote:
>>
>>>In article >,
says...
>>>>
>>>> In reference to Cornish Pasties?
>>>> Inquiring minds want to know
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>> Pasties were cheap working-class
>>> food for miners or labourers who earned very little.
>>> So historically, the meat content (if any) was minimal, and whatever
>>>was available free. No questions asked.
>>>
>>> Making pasties today, I use the left-overs from roast beef or roast
>>>lamb.
>>>
>>> Janet UK
>>>
>>>

>>
>>I like them with lamb.
>>
>>Still, the scramble for meat content reminds me of Mrs. Lovett's meat
>>pies.

>
>Here I was enjoying (mentally) the meat pie from the link you had
>supplied. I had never heard of Mrs. Lovett so looked her up. Ptooey!
>People pie, yuck!
>Janet US



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