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[Robert J. Cordingley]

We used to eat swedes (aka rutabaga) when I grew up in England.  Roasted 
it seems it was a little like sweet potatoes. On the original (?) pasty 
see Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_pasty another mining 
connection.

Robert C

Gary Schiltz wrote:
> You haven't lived until you've eaten a pasty (pronounced PAST EE, and 
> not to be confused withthe minimalist apparel worn by certain 
> "entertainers", so I've been told) on a -20 degree winter day in the 
> upper great lakes region. One of the main ingredients is, of course, 
> rutabaga. A pasty is sort of like a pot pie, folded over into a half 
> moon shape. I've been told they originated with the miners of the 
> region, as they were a complete meal that was easy to carry down into 
> the mines. Some references: www.pastys.com 
> <http://www.pastys.com>, www.hu.mtu.edu/vup/pasty/recipes.htm 
> <http://www.hu.mtu.edu/vup/pasty/recipes.htm>. Mmm, make mine with 
> gravy, eh?!  
>
> ;; Gary
>
> On Mar 28, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
>
>>
>>  
>> Pamela,
>>  
>> have never eaten a rutabaga. I have stood at the produce in Whole 
>> Foods and admired their fortitude, but i have actually never even 
>> knowingly MET a person who has consmued a rutabaga.
>>  
>> Are you prepared to introduce me to rutabaga's. A way of cooking them 
>> that makes them taste like pancakes with maple syrup, perhaps.
>>  
>> N
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Nicholas S. Thompson
>> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
>> Clark University (nthompson at clarku.edu <mailto:nthompson at clarku.edu>)
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ 
>> <http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson/naturaldesigns/>
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