[SOC] [OT] Food question for Amerikuns

[Ian C. Purdie]

Bill Cunningham K4KSR wrote:


> Immediate response was who cares?  Haven't eaten one since  1945, an
> important garden product of the times and avoided like the plague
> thereafter.


Hah! you're wrong William. Just this evening, surrounded by five, yes five 
adoring grand-daughters I cooked Cornish Pasties for the first time ever and 
each one took a hand in it. Eat your heart out Bill, I had it all tonight. 
Playing GOD is indeed wonderful.

http://www.cornish-links.co.uk/pasty.htm

HUGE success. Some recipes [american] say "rutabaga", we used what we call a swede.


> Looked it up and found it enjoyed similar popularity in Germany
> during WW1.  My guess is that answer to your question is regional.
> Certainly not part of daily conversation for most of country.

Yes I'd say so.

72/73's

Ian C. Purdie
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