Originally Posted by
robow
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
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.