Touring eh? You’re going to need a pasty!
 

I'm guessing most won't know what a pasty is. Best I ever had was in Ontonagon.

By far, the tastiest pasties I ever had were in Hidalgo state in Mexico. Miners from Cornwall came to Hidalgo in the 19th century. There are lots of pasty shops in Hidalgo state. (It's spelled "paste" in Mexico but the word is pronounced with 2 syllables in Spanish.) Lots of fillings are available, mostly with spicy Mexican fillings---much tastier than a pasty I tried in the UP or those I tried in England. My friend & I ate lots of them while in Pachuca & Real del Monte, and they were all delicious.

https://theculturetrip.com/north-ame...british-pasty/

You can eat Cindy's homemade pasties in Wallace, ID.
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To keep your nipples from getting sore?

axolotl, what was it about miners and pasties ? The story I heard was that all the older Northern European immigrant wives would stick a pasty in their man's lunch box every morning before he headed off to the iron ore mines in northern Minnesota and the UP.

Btw, is the photo above in reference to a video or blog

I think that the pasty was a perfect food for miners to carry with them into the mines for their lunch, since I'm guessing they didn't exit the mine until their shift was over. Pasties are compact, filling, and easy to carry.

As for the photo, I have no idea if it's a reference to a video or blog. You'll have to ask the OP.

It's a patty in Jamaica.

Not sure if you know that Wallace, ID, was once the seat of silver mining in the area. When you come down Lookout Pass on I-90 from the Montana border there is a pullout where you can stop and see a Superfund remediation site necessitated by mining. When you get on the CdA trail a bit west there are signs warning you not to disturb the soil do you don’t risk contaminating yourself with heavy metals. The trail itself is basically an engineering control to cover the former rail line that became contaminated.

I always assumed the photo I posted was making reference to the town’s history of prostitution that served the miners. Seems I might be incorrect.

Cheap and easy to make. Easy to eat as well. Anywhere there has been hardrock mining (as opposed to placer mining) you are likely to find pasties because anywhere you have hardrock mining you usually found Cornish miners.

But, honestly, the ones in Wisconsin and the UP aren’t all that good. Kind of bland. We have a pasty shop here in Denver called The Pasty Republic that makes all kind of different ones that are excellent.

this is true their lunch box had a little chimney in the top center, and the wives would put a few coals in the top half to keep it warm for them until lunch. They were made fresh every morning.

i grew up in the lead mining region of SW WI, and many Cornish settlers came here. Pasties are quite common here.

my BIL graduated with a degree in mining engineering and landed in the Wallace silver mines, in the late 70’s early 80’s. I remember going to visit them there(I was younger), before he got in the gypsum industry

Yea, but do they contain chopped rutabagas ?

FYI, the top picture is from this documentary. Pretty cool.

https://vimeo.com/710360318

The CdA, Hiawatha and NorPac trails, among other things, have generated some tourist business. The last time I was touring there I found myself waiting at a red light when there was no traffic in sight. Then I chuckled at myself when I remembered the Idaho Stop Rule.

Did your BIL go to school in Butte? There’s a mining college there. Another city with a long history of mining and prostitution. I’ve spent three nights there during tours.

No UW Platteville WI was the mining school he went to. Apparently a good school for mining, however the prostitution is lacking lol

Ontonagon, yoopers!
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Interesting, once again we've had very similar experiences. I spent a few days in Pachuca, neat city to visit and yummy pastys indeed.
Did you happen to stumble upon the photography museum there? Excellent place, and I was really impressed by the guide who was taking a group of school kids through it--both for her great explanation of the film photography process, as well as showing them photos on the wall and getting them to think of how a great photo transmits feelings and experiences to us (these were 10, 12 year olds)
Fond memories of the place.
Cheers
Are you still doing what you wrote me of a few years back, I am.
(Apologies for not responding btw)

One would almost think there was an "R" missing from this conversation.

Meat pie anyone?

That was my first thought as well.

Not all of them but the ones I ran across in da UP didn’t seem to contain any as well. Or, at least, they could have contained more of them.

Michigan is Nice!
 

This picture reminds me that the whole state was pretty much clear cut to help build everything from the Mississippi to the Atlantic back in the 1800s. I have read you could stand on a stump in Gaylord and see nothing but tree stumps for 40 miles in any direction.

Stuart, the next time I'm out that way, I'll demand my touring buddy from Arvada take me down there for a western pasty. Thanks

Spelled with an "ie" in Tasmania and where I took this photo was also associated with miners...
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