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A pasty is a type of pie, originally from Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a baked savoury pastry case traditionally filled with diced meat, sliced potato and onion. The ingredients are uncooked before being placed in the unbaked pastry case. Pasties with traditional ingredients are specifically named Cornish pasties. Traditionally, pasties have a semicircular shape, achieved by folding a circular pastry sheet over the filling. One edge is crimped to form a seal. Pasties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan have a particularly unusual history, as a small influx of Finnish immigrants followed the Cornish miners, in 1864. These Finns and many other ethnic groups adopted the pasty for use in the Copper Country copper mines. About 30 years later, a much larger flood of Finnish immigrants found their countrymen baking pasties, and assumed that it was a Finnish invention. As a result, the pasty has become strongly associated with Finnish culture in this area.
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Pasty Restaurants
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Bessie's Original Homemade Pasties, 1106 N. State St., St. Ignace, MI 49781, Phone: (906) 643-8487
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Dobber's Pasties, 827 North Lincoln Road, Escanaba, MI 49829, Phone: (906) 786-1880
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Gram's Pasties, 2418 Ludington, Escanaba, MI 49829, Phone: (906) 786-7363
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The Pasty Oven, W-7279 Highway US 2, PO Box 480, Quinnesec, MI 49876, Phone: (906) 776-0990
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Taste Of The Upper Peninsula, W236 West US-2, Saint Ignace, MI 49781, Phone: (906) 643-9734
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