[SOC] [OT] Food question for Amerikuns

[Bill Cunningham K4KSR]

Following yer link, Cornish pasties sound pretty good.  No such luck as
youngster.  All I can remember was plain old turnip that nobody liked. Meat
was rationed and Cornish pasties would have stretched it like the modern
cereal fillers.  We raised chickens and could have use that for the meat.
>
> 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
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