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, 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 (nthomp...@clarku.edu)
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
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