The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-10
THE GENTLE PAsTY.

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Emeline asks: why is a pasty call
"a pasty. when really It should be de-
signated pastry" Not TO know the
ancient and modern history % the
suoculent pasty. dear Emeline. is al
most objectionable in YOU.
The pasty dear Miss. originated ia
CORNWALL before Dolcoath was even n
prospect pit, but from what See gather
rom personal observations it has wan
dered a long way from home. Pasues
in various DISCUSSES may now be found
from Sawgamck TO Saguinay. and
from Newfoundland 20 Waha Walla
Although much maLgncd. its fame
IT, steadily growing. When once par
taken of, the pasty stays with the
partaker indefinitely II is composed
OF combination suet and lard shell
OF concrete stability. warranted TO
stand the test OF the pure food law. II
Is then reinforced with desicated vcge-
tables and round steak. Adjustable TO
any cline. the savoury compound Is
then rolled into a shape peculiarly its
Wv II anu NOilNltAt0 Will Il lMaSl utN-
terously administered A manhole is
then made i'm the top. the same being
used FOR a safety valve
There is no such thing as a square
pasty. We have seen ill-shapen pas
ties, some too, long. some squatty and
others resembling a hot tomato, but
square pasty-never. Science may
some day construct n square pasty, but
at present such an innovation would
be hazardous in view of the unfamiliar
angles the partaker would have TO
contend with
or all pasties, the parsley and tatey
pasty, with Il sprlnSlng of streaky
pork. Is perhaps the most In popular
favour. \ parsley and, tatey pasty
bestowed on Cornish exile uneX-
pectedly would cause him To feel as If
he had acquired sudden wealth.
The odoriferous onion unloved and
unsung. has been made the theme OF
Cornish poets after Il has properly
been worked into a pasty.
The pasty. although gentle. VIM
some creature will not be imposed up
on. Dare work odds and ends OF an
repasts into a pasty. and in
ternal war is Immediately declared. a !
rebellion. as il We're. against new or |
der of things. The picturesque pasty |
has been subjected TO much bitter crit |
lcism by American scientists, and is /
an object of unjust levity by amateur
cooks. This is because the pasty is not /
The culinary art in Ann l
erica runs largely to the manufactur-
ing of slapjacks, pumpkin pie, stewed |
prunes and baked beans, hence 1t is
easy TO understand why the succulent
pasty is not understood.
Americans after dissecting a pasty
Usually destroy the pleasant taste with
he assimilation Of a three-cornerod
If bread pudding. thereby damaging
he romantic and historic values OF
cornwalls national dish.
We also protest energetically and
rith emphasis against the pasty being
with a knife and fork. IL
iim or her go into some beanery and
obtain hash. but To reduce u pasty TO
uch iniinitesimal proportions is GRIM
nal negligence with intent to defraud
according To Cornish authorities. the
,asty should only be partaken Of in
me way to conform with propriety and
incient usage, namely, TO take the
hing in both hands and at an angle OF
3 degrees or thereabouts attack 1t
gracefully, appreciatively and enthus-
AS an international institution the
iasty has been much slandered. So
many inferior cooks, imagining that n
'utta percha environment with bottle
# miscellaneous bric-a -brac of every
inown indigestible constituted a pas
y, have brought it into more or less
lad repute except In the land of it's ,